Hi Adam! On 2004-01-28 18:56 +0100, Adam Byrtek wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name : metalog > Version : 0.7 > Upstream Author : hvisage@users.sourceforge.net, chrysalis@users.sourceforge.net > * URL : http://metalog.sourceforge.net/ > * License : GPL > Description : a modern replacement for syslogd and klogd > > The metalog package was in Debian once, but it was recently removed. > According to Martin Michlmayr: > > ---quote--- > This package has been removed from Debian unstable because it was > unmaintained, old and according to the maintainer quite obsolte and > useless. > ---quote--- > > I will try to comment this: > > - unmaintained > I'll try to maintain it better then the previous maintainer... > > - old > The last release (0.7) is dated April 2003, we have tons of older > software in the archive, so I don't see the point. > > - obsolete & useless > Martin or the maintainer didn't give any arguments I could discuss. I > think metalog is very useful, especialy for desktop systems because of > its simplicity, regex matching support and built-in log rotation. The > only problem I'm aware of is the lack of network logging support. > metalog didn't have any RC bugs either... > > I'm a bit confused that it was removed from the archive without any > real reason (as far as I know). > > Any comments? Hmmm, funny. Milan P. Stanic has set an ITA some weeks ago. Please see #222965 (I'm quoting the whole mail for him to see). I'm sponsoring him, his last package still contained errors, but already looks promising. Since he was first, can you please talk directly to him? Maybe you could work at it together (although I don't see a reason for this, its a very easy package). You could also be his sponsor if you want, I do not intend to use metalog (I have syslog-ng since I need some features from it). Have a nice day! Martin -- Martin Pitt Debian GNU/Linux Developer martin@piware.de mpitt@debian.org http://www.piware.de http://www.debian.org
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