[rsyslog] description for liblogging(-stdlog)

[Michael Biebl]

I guess I can work with that.

Thanks, Rainer

2014-02-14 9:04 GMT+01:00 Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards at hq.adiscon.com>:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Michael Biebl <mbiebl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Rainer,
>>
>>
>> so I've looked at 7.6.0 today which got a hard dependency on
>> liblogging-stdlog, which means I'll have to package that for Debian as
>> well.
>>
>> Preparing the package for liblogging, and specifically the
>> liblogging-stdlog binary package, I haven't found any clues what to
>> put into the package short and long description.
>> The .pc file only says:
>>
>> standard logging library for C
>>
>
> well, actually that's what it intends to become ;)
>
> But I agree it's not a good description today. How about
>
> "an enhanced replacement for the syslog() API [with admin-configurable
> destinations]"
>
> Note that 1.0.1 is a shim. I am currently working on the "real" version. If
> you check the git, you'll see quite a bit of activity.
>
>
>>
>> The homepage http://www.liblogging.org/ isn't that helpful either
>> regarding what liblogging (and its components) is supposed to be.
>>
>> Can you give a oneline description of the liblogging-stdlog library
>> and a short paragraph going into more detail?
>>
>
> Short paragraph could probably be:
>
> ---
> Think of liblogging-stdlog as the next version of the syslog(3) API. It
> retains the easy semantics, but makes the API more sophisticated "behind
> the scenes" with better support for multiple threads and flexibility for
> different log destinations. It provides seperation of concerns, where the
> application developer is responsible only for logging, but the
> administrator can select the log diver, e.g. go to syslog, file or systemd
> journal. In that sense, it is similar to log4j.
> ---
>
> Does this work for you? Again, the 1.0.1 version *does not* fit into that
> description. But 1.1 will, and I am actively working on it.
>
> Rainer
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