Re: logging

[Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> writes:

    Ben> Sure, but let's agree on an exact standard first.
    Ben> 
    Ben> 1) How long should logs be kept uncompressed? I'd guess 1
    Ben> week.  2) Should logs be deleted? This is a question because
    Ben> apt will not be generating regular daily output.  3) If 2),
    Ben> then after how long should logs be deleted? 3 months?

    Jason> I would make all three an option in a conf file. I
    Jason> desperately want a configuration mechanism but have none.

I just usually hand-make one in Perl, but you don't have an option
for that ;)

    Jason> Ben, how about till we have configuration just delete after
    Jason> 3 months, compress after 1 week.

Okay.

    Jason> I think such a script belongs in the debian/ directory or
    Jason> the utils/ directory..

Do I even have CVS access? Yikes. :)

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