Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 07.11.22 um 23:15 schrieb RL: >> Are both rsyslog and systemd's journal still both the default in bookworm? >> >> I see rsyslog is still priority: important - any plans to reduce that in >> future releases? > > That's actually good point: rsyslog in bookworm has been demoted to prio > optional [1], so is no longer installed by default. > [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1018788
This doesn't make it any less likely for people dist-upgrading from bullseye to have it installed, and meanwhile there are plenty of dependencies that can pull it in as first choice. So there probably ought to a release-notes entry specifically to suggest uninstalling (r)syslog where it's redundant, though it can leave out some fiddly details in favour of a sources.debian.org link pointing at the changelog (or NEWS file, if that has anything). And depending on how it interacts with things like logcheck on bullseye, maybe we'll want the notes to mention the config option that can be set in advance to hold off the log-format change - the debian-user mailinglist reckons it's: $ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat (in the GLOBAL section of rsyslog.conf). -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package