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Re: Bug#463167: ITP: dsyslog -- a dumb syslog



Hi,

On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 16:22 +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 19:07 -0600, William Pitcock wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 18:54 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > >  dsyslog is a dumb, yet advanced syslog daemon, which supports
> > > infinite
> > > >  rules and expandability through it's purely modular design. The
> > > default
> > > >  configuration is a drop in replacement for syslogd.
> > > 
> > > What's so dumb about that?
> > 
> > It's not that it's actually dumb, it's like how git is called the
> > "stupid content tracker" by it's documentation. It's intended to be a
> > joke.
> 
> Users are very good at missing these jokes.
> 
> -Rob

Yes, I hadn't thought of that. I'll just refer to it as a "an advanced
and powerful syslog daemon" in the short description then.

(on another note, dsyslog is now complete enough that it has replaced
the syslogd on my desktop.)

William

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