[rsyslog] v4/v5: new mult-ruleset support

[Rainer Gerhards]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsyslog-bounces at lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-
> bounces at lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of RB
> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:14 PM
> To: rsyslog-users
> Subject: Re: [rsyslog] v4/v5: new mult-ruleset support
> 
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 07:29, Rainer Gerhards<rgerhards at hq.adiscon.com>
wrote:
> > I hope that this mechanism will simplify configuration. It will also
enhance
> > performance in most cases (as less filter logic is involved). A howto
with
> > detail description is available here:
> 
> Very pleasing; this is an excellent step toward some of the enhanced
> configuration semantics I miss from syslog-ng.

Yeah, I started with the goal of full compatibility, but some complex things
really get hard in that mode.

>  Perhaps I'm alone
> here, but I feel that the current syntax is detrimental to complex
> configurations, 

me, too ;)

>largely due to [understandable] compatibility
> adherence.  Oh, to be a college student again and able to take on a
> SoC project to write a secondary configuration parser.

The script engine should bring this ... when I am finally able to go to it
(doesn't look like I am anytime soon...).

Rainer