Hi WG, based on the recent comments I received on -protocol becoming too large and in-depth, I wonder if it still makes sense to include relay operations in -protocol? I think this could easily be split into a separate document. If this is not done, I assume that it will take up considerable space.
If it should be in -protocol depends on what we actually charter -protocol for. As of my current understanding, -protocol is chartered to not just describe the format of the message but also outline how the protocol itself works. If I am right with this, relay operations MAY be described in -protocol. But I could also envision that -protocol just says "there are relays" and leaves the details for a different document. Leaving it for a different document would definitely help to finish -protocol soon(er). It would also streamline it, as probably not everyone implementing syslog will necessarily implement relay mode (I assume most will not be interested in this). So my suggestion would be to remove in-depth description of relay mode from -protocol and create a new document once -protocol is FINISHED (and not before). I would volunteer (actually like;)) to write this doc, because I already have a lot of content, which I just would not merge into -protocol for now. Rainer
