-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 02/11/2014 11:26 AM, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi, > > vita...@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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJS+lgYAAoJEASpNY00KDJrKekP/2kuE1RegQe0zhC9qpI3keaa +P1Pghdup+U9BhwQptN046sOCS2Ku8nMf+2vvkO4gNlUprPPuU6szUsj3e9ya+zt t5BnvcAWOx4QDM09AHP4d2Pi42dOf1ZPzKLwIrgIjPaxg1wRZNuOyo3ihMgZLs5Z 6J9JG6bBvfDnED2x1FGB9MTF2rQMLiD0YkcQ6qQzo/iFFuC6UsdjVpc8mXvjhMh5 0vxkp3345ZAi+DRqkRb4kljJIuDcjPZKlpdoSENFC6W2flqt3GRqeKuc5FyGaE4Q l2SmhXoqNIQ285eTie8seHONBjITtXcHphOTS/36zpLrsBjbzOYjBloNrALJoxHC xCjyXwKzRnj19rbECzBRiv65R7OsubqI0int1luN0Y/RgJcwTIWowI57s6eJ+Wlv JkX+57Ex8saUIvf/Z+xr655lupy1blCJgMK04vUbPHrdr+Ds+avsTJWNxofXC7ot Sox1s6iZsAqSfg1BXkSCc1+iSF3QaDuNmawBW6Klua6Wz2W4YdLGVglI+T0202BB jRs6n+wuK6pdsmKi4ZccyBygIuvaBzMj9pXaKkVdftDZ3jz9L/3FrzR0kk8pI+8K INxfh7lykqf0jx9tHXyOHK3yZQ17G9uOzhIk5DJT1h4Rc4dfkoQBAQ+F2M+gtOIk aX6/TvXkH5VFZiuMC4k7 =oxjb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52fa5818.6070...@fastmail.fm