Re: Bug#727708: Fsck SystemD and its developers and its users. GR to override this please.
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On 02/11/2014 11:26 AM, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> vitalif@yourcmc.ru:
>
>> Because I want logs to be plaintext in my system, not binary.
>
> Why? (Seriously.)
In my case: because I want to be able to read them conveniently at a
glance, without requiring the presence of a functioning specialized tool
for doing so. As the UNIX Philosophy puts it, "text streams ... [are] a
universal interface".
Also because when writing a parser, it's easier to determine the format
(in terms of meaning and start/stop of each field) of a text file than
it is of a binary one, when working without known-reliable
documentation. (And I'm not willing to assume that I'll always have such
documentation.)
There's a *reason* the vast majority of kernel userspace-interface files
are in plain-text form, after all.
- --
The Wanderer
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
A government exists to serve its citizens, not to control them.
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