@dino99. Because good defaults matter. Being safe by default is important. Being secure by default is important.
The "Principle of least surprise" applies here: "In general engineering design contexts, the principle can be taken to mean that a component of a system should behave in a manner consistent with how users of that component are likely to expect it to behave". One reasonable expects their logs to saved through reboot, as system logs have worked that way for the last couple of decades. I didn't think to go create "/var/log/journal" because I trusted Ubuntu to continue to be "safe by default" has it generally has been for years. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1618188 Title: systemd journal should be persistent by default: /var/log/journal should be created; remove rsyslog from default installs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1618188/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
