RE: [Syslog] #7, field order

2005-12-22 Thread Rainer Gerhards
r 22, 2005 10:27 AM > To: Rainer Gerhards; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Syslog] #7, field order > > Not sure I have grasped the problem yet but the cases you > cite would appear to > be covered by rules of the form, using pseudo-English as a shortcut, > > FIELD = ONEC

Re: [Syslog] #7, field order

2005-12-22 Thread Tom Petch
- From: "Rainer Gerhards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:16 PM Subject: RE: [Syslog] #7, field order David, Darren, even though no responses indicated we actually need to fix this, I wanted to at least try an alternate ABNF. H

RE: [Syslog] #7, field order

2005-12-21 Thread David B Harrington
Of Rainer Gerhards > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Syslog] #7, field order > > David, Darren, > > even though no responses indicated we actually need to fix this, I > wanted to at least try an alternate ABNF. However, I did n

RE: [Syslog] #7, field order

2005-12-21 Thread Rainer Gerhards
al Message- > From: David B Harrington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 6:50 PM > To: Rainer Gerhards; 'Darren Reed' > Subject: RE: [Syslog] #7, field order > > Hi, > > Having a public feud won't help us achieve our goals. >

Re: [Syslog] #7, field order

2005-12-15 Thread Darren Reed
> > > data for that field. > > > > > > If you don't understand the difference here, I think the fields need > > > to be defined something like this: > > > > > > field ::= missing | non-dash | PRINTUSASCII*1 PRINTUSASCII*255 > > > missing ::= "-" > > > > And as someone else pointed out to me, PRI

RE: [Syslog] #7 field order

2005-12-01 Thread Rainer Gerhards
OTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 7:11 PM > To: Rainer Gerhards; Tom Petch; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Syslog] #7 field order > > Rainer, a better way to phrase this is may be that none of > the fields are optional (except for maybe SD, depending on > how you

RE: [Syslog] #7 field order

2005-12-01 Thread Anton Okmianski \(aokmians\)
re. Anton. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:45 AM > To: Tom Petch; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Syslog] #7 field order > > Tom, > > well-spotted. Indee

RE: [Syslog] #7 field order

2005-12-01 Thread Rainer Gerhards
David, > Can you please ask those who are sending you private messages to make > their points on the mailing list, as is appropriate for IETF WG > discussions? That's what I typically do. But what if they are not willing to do that and the point is important? Rainer

RE: [Syslog] #7 field order

2005-12-01 Thread David B Harrington
ay, November 30, 2005 4:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Syslog] #7 field order > > I just got private mail if a missing field is denoted by "-". This is > the case. Optional fields should be all but VERSION. > > Rainer > > > -Original M

RE: [Syslog] #7 field order

2005-12-01 Thread Rainer Gerhards
Tom, well-spotted. Indeed, PRI is NOT optional. The only one, as far as I am concerned. Rainer > -Original Message- > From: Tom Petch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 12:35 PM > To: Rainer Gerhards; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Syslog]

Re: [Syslog] #7 field order

2005-12-01 Thread Tom Petch
I was thinking that is also not optional. Tom Petch - Original Message - From: "Rainer Gerhards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 10:06 AM Subject: RE: [Syslog] #7 field order I just got private mail if a missi

Re: [Syslog] #7 field order

2005-11-30 Thread Darren Reed
> WG, > > there has not been much discussion about the header fields and their > order recently. I think this is a sign the issue has been settled. To > make sure I got the right understanding of the resulting consensus, I > propose that we use the following format: > > VERSION SP TIMESTAMP SP HO

RE: [Syslog] #7 field order

2005-11-30 Thread Rainer Gerhards
I just got private mail if a missing field is denoted by "-". This is the case. Optional fields should be all but VERSION. Rainer > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:37 AM > To: [EM