Upcoming changes regarding my Debian/Ubuntu packages
Hi! For a good while now, I've been providing Debian and Ubuntu packages[1] for syslog-ng, and rest assured, I will continue to do so. However, the way they are prepared and how the repository is structured, will change. At the moment, there are two different components one can choose from: syslog-ng and syslog-ng-devel, which have packages for 3.3 and 3.4, respectively. However, -devel is not appropriate for 3.4 anymore, but I don't want to move it to syslog-ng either, partly because up to this point, there were no Ubuntu Lucid packages of 3.4. So, I will be making the following changes: * I'll create syslog-ng-3.3, syslog-ng-3.4 and syslog-ng-3.5 components * syslog-ng will point to the latest stable branch (3.4) * syslog-ng will point to the current development branch (3.5) * I'll be preparing Ubuntu Lucid packages for 3.4 too, so all branches will be available for every debian or ubuntu system that are still supported by their respective vendors. To be able to provide Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) packages sanely, I have to do the packaging a little bit differently: the source package will not be shared between debian and ubuntu anymore, and systemd support will be explicitly disabled on Ubuntu. But since Ubuntu uses upstart by default, ubuntu systems with systemd are fairly unlikely anyway. I plan to make these changes once 3.4.2 comes out. Until then, I'll introduce the syslog-ng-3.3 and -3.4 components, but syslog-ng will point to -3.3 still, and -devel to -3.4. Once 3.4.2 is out, though, I'll change the symlinks. [1]: http://asylum.madhouse-project.org/projects/debian/ -- |8]
Hi! Gergely Nagy <algernon@balabit.hu> writes:
For a good while now, I've been providing Debian and Ubuntu packages[1] for syslog-ng, and rest assured, I will continue to do so. However, the way they are prepared and how the repository is structured, will change.
I'd like to present a little update on this:
So, I will be making the following changes:
* I'll create syslog-ng-3.3, syslog-ng-3.4 and syslog-ng-3.5 components
This is done.
* syslog-ng will point to the latest stable branch (3.4) * syslog-ng-devel will point to the current development branch (3.5)
This is not done yet, but will be done once 3.4.2 is released, as announced in the original mail too.
* I'll be preparing Ubuntu Lucid packages for 3.4 too, so all branches will be available for every debian or ubuntu system that are still supported by their respective vendors.
On topic of supported platforms: Ubuntu Oneiric (11.10) is nearing its end of life, so 3.3.9 and 3.4.2 will be the last supported versions on this platform. The Oneiric repository will be removed in early july, roughly two months after Oneiric reached its end of life. -- |8]
Gergely Nagy <algernon@balabit.hu> writes:
* syslog-ng will point to the latest stable branch (3.4) * syslog-ng-devel will point to the current development branch (3.5)
This is not done yet, but will be done once 3.4.2 is released, as announced in the original mail too.
This has been pushed back a little, because there are no 3.5 debian packages yet. As soon as that happens, syslog-ng will point to 3.4, syslog-ng-devel to 3.5, and people who wish to stay with 3.3 will have to use the versioned syslog-ng-3.3 component.
* I'll be preparing Ubuntu Lucid packages for 3.4 too, so all branches will be available for every debian or ubuntu system that are still supported by their respective vendors.
I have added Ubuntu Lucid packages of syslog-ng 3.4 too. -- |8]
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