Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : metalog Version : 0.7 Upstream Author : [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://metalog.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Description : a modern replacement for syslogd and klogd
The metalog package was in Debian once, but it was recently removed. According to Martin Michlmayr: ---quote--- This package has been removed from Debian unstable because it was unmaintained, old and according to the maintainer quite obsolte and useless. ---quote--- I will try to comment this: - unmaintained I'll try to maintain it better then the previous maintainer... - old The last release (0.7) is dated April 2003, we have tons of older software in the archive, so I don't see the point. - obsolete & useless Martin or the maintainer didn't give any arguments I could discuss. I think metalog is very useful, especialy for desktop systems because of its simplicity, regex matching support and built-in log rotation. The only problem I'm aware of is the lack of network logging support. metalog didn't have any RC bugs either... I'm a bit confused that it was removed from the archive without any real reason (as far as I know). Any comments? Regards Adam Byrtek [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux mentat 2.4.22 #1 śro gru 3 18:00:19 CET 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL
