[syslog-ng] colored messages

[Martin Holste]

I second Siem's opinion that I think syslog-ng should be the log
routing work horse and leave as much output to auxiliary programs as
possible.  In my opinion, it would be far better to tag messages with
a color tag using the db-parser() module and have a simple script
change the text to the appropriate color.  The brand-new pattern db
that was just released is far more valuable to me personally than
output formatting features.  On the other hand, I do recognize that
not all users want to spend time scripting, so perhaps it is valuable
to others.

--Martin

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Balazs Scheidler <bazsi at balabit.hu> wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 00:35 +0300, Gaydov Victor wrote:
>> Thanks.
>>
>> > 1) can you please you (or your employer) sign the contributory license
>> > agreement (http://www.balabit.com/dl/CLA_patch.pdf), this allows us to
>> > synchronize the OSE tree with the PE tree (which let's us flow patches
>> > in both directions)
>>
>> Is it enough to send signed (scanned) pdf via email? (I've sent it to
>> info at balabit.com)
>
> should be enough, yes, thank you.
>
>>
>> > In my personal opinion the core of syslog-ng should limit itself to routing
>> > log messages and leave the interpretation of the importance of the messages
>> > to other applications. So, keep programs small and dedicated to a single
>> > task.
>>
>> I only can say that my goal was to use syslog-ng filters to apply
>> different schemes - that's why I don't use other tools.
>
> Any other opinions about this colorization stuff?
>
> --
> Bazsi
>
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