2013/10/8 Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]> > I think this actually could be a good addition for some use cases. Pulling > internal stats, error reports and regular logs is definitely something of > use. I thought about a similar capability some time ago (albeit in a > different context, but the core idea was the same). >
Yeah, it pops up in different contexts to me, too. > > The problem is that it would require quite some changes, even where you > would not necessary expect them (e.g. the queue subsystem would need to > have some serious refactoring, as it is based on the push model, too). > When I wrote the part that it shouldn't be that hard to implement I had this voice in my head saying "unless... it's not actually that easy". I guess the voice was right... :( > > In any case, this work would need a sponsor. I think it's something that > does require two to three month of work at minimum. If a sponsor comes up, > I would definitely like to do that work - without one, there are many more > more-frequently-requested things (among others, I would really like to > rewrite the queue and batching code with all the exprience we gained in the > past years - would definitely be very useful. This could also lay the > foundation for a pull model from the queue's PoV). > I figured that even in the best-case scenario it would need a sponsor. That's why I didn't raise the discussion 18 months ago. But now I thought I should just say it out loud, in case it interests anyone. And to see what you guys think. > > With that said: it probably is a good idea to add it to the bug tracker, > even though I think it will rest there with other enhancements ;) But it > may attract a sponsor... > Bug opened: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482 Fingers crossed for the sponsor :p Best regards, Radu _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
