Hi,

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 12:21 PM Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
<zbys...@in.waw.pl> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> systemd has systemd.status_unit_format= / [Manager].StatusUnitFormat=
> / -Dstatus-unit-format-default= option to use unit names instead of the
> Description in messages on the kernel console and in logs:
>
> - Jun 20 22:04:48 krowka systemd[1]: Started Rule-based Manager for Device 
> Events and Files.
> + Jun 20 22:04:48 krowka systemd[1]: Started systemd-udevd.service.
>
> I find this more convenient because it's briefer, so it fits better on
> a terminal, but primarily because I can select&paste the unit name for
> further lookup. When Description is used, and I'm not familiar with
> the unit, I'll often use grep first to figure out what the unit name
> actually is. Finally, unit Descriptions are often not very good, and
> the name is at least as informative…

I would vote for unit-names over description, as I can use them to
search information in the logs or in docs.

But I wonder why don't we consider having both unit name and description

Could something like

   Jun 20 22:04:48 krowka systemd[1]: Starting systemd-udevd.service -
Rule-based Manager for Device Events...
   Jun 20 22:04:48 krowka systemd[1]: Started systemd-udevd.service.

be an option?

You mention brevity, but do we really need to save space here?

> Would people be opposed to making this the default (setting
> -Dstatus-unit-format-default=name in build options)? People who like
> the old default could set StatusUnitFormat=description in systemd.conf
>
> Zbyszek
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