[mythtv-users] Fedora users - possible future problems

[Matt Mossholder]

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:

> On 12/2/2011 06:57, Mike Perkins wrote:
> > I happened across this, and thought to bring it to our attention. I know
> there
> > are many Fedora users here. I personally do not use Fedora so am not
> /directly/
> > affected by the proposed changes. Hoever, I understand that 0.25 will
> use syslog
> > and that /will/ be affected if this goes through.
>
> Rather, 0.25 can use syslog.  The new logger in 0.25 is just a generic
> interface in the code, that can be sinked through the terminal, through
> the filesystem, through the database, or through syslog.  Should their
> new replacement gain traction among Linux in general, there is no reason
> why another sink can't be implemented to support it as well.  Similarly,
> there's no reason why one couldn't be written to interface with the
> Windows event logger mentioned in the article.


Additionally, journald will be compatible with applications that utilize
the syslog interface, so this should (if they implement it correctly) be a
non-issue.

     --Matt
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