Hi all,
thanks again for the good feedback. Please keep it flowing, I guess we will
hit a first milestone very soon. Then, I think, we have a format that we
could work towards and begin to look at some details.
I have now condensed the comments and thought about them. Then, I have looked
at some ways how config files could actually look like. What then hit me was
that we are very close to how XML looks. For example we had:
<input name=inp10515 type=imtcp>
listen 10514
ruleset remote10514
</input>
this almost looks like XML (which is no surprise given the fact that Apache's
config also looks somewhat like XML and we talked about modifications that
are a bit more in the spirit of XML). The step towards full XML is not a big
one (intentionally formated close to non-XML example):
<input name=inp10515 type=imtcp>
<params listen="10514"
ruleset="remote10514"
/>
</input>
While I am not a big fan of XML config files, I have to admit that the
difference between what we discussed, at least in a later stage, and XML is
slim. Seeing this, I begin to think that using an XML-based config language
has a number of advantages. Probably the most important being that I do not
need to write an maintain a dedicated parser but could use a XML-Parser
instead. Plus a validating editor could probably be a good aid in writing
config files (assuming that I get the DTD right, something I have no
experience in ;)).
So I have converted my original proposal (NOT the last discussion state) into
XML format. Again, I think the XML version is quite readable. Please have a
look
Original: http://www.rsyslog.com/download/new_rsyslog.conf
XML: http://www.rsyslog.com/download/xml_rsyslog.conf
I wonder if there is any good argument AGAINST using XML as "described" in
the sample. If nobody brings up a good argument, I'll very possibly will try
to take the XML road and begin to look what that takes in detail. Of course,
it would be helpful as well if you could make yourself heard if you like XML
format ;).
I am looking forward to your feedback!
Thanks again,
Rainer
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