Bug#606750: ITP: liblognorm -- Log normalizing library

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 12/13/2010 01:50 PM, Pierre Chifflier wrote:
> On 12/12/2010 06:23 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 12/11/2010 07:41 AM, Pierre Chifflier wrote:
> > > Package: wnpp
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > > Owner: Pierre Chifflier<pollux@debian.org>
> > >
> > >
> > > * Package name    : liblognorm
> > >     Version         : 0.1.0
> > >     Upstream Author : Rainer Gerhards<rgerhards@hq.adiscon.com>
> > > * URL             : http://liblognorm.sourceforge.net/
> > > * License         : LGPL 2.1
> > >     Programming Lang: C
> > >     Description     : Log normalizing library
> > >
> > >    Liblognorm is a log normalizing library with a small tool called “the
> > >    normalizer”. With this tool you can normalize all your logs. All you
> > >    need is liblognorm, its dependencies and a rulebase that fits the logs
> > >    you want to normalize.
> >
> > What does "normalize all your logs" mean?
> Hi,
>
> Log normalization happens when collecting logs from different sources
> (servers, network equipments, applications etc.). Since all logs sources
> are using different formats and vocabularies to report events, the idea
> is to have a set of rules to describe what modifications you want to do
> and the conditions to check. Normalizing your logs means you ensure they
> will all follow a common standard.

That's what I guessed.  Something like "convert to common format" 
might be a useful phrase in the long descrip.


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