[syslog-ng] syslog-ng OSE binary packages

[Mr. James W. Laferriere]

 	Hello Balazs & BalaBit Management ,

 		Thank You all !

 	Twyl ,  JimL

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009, Balazs Scheidler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm happy to announce that BalaBit has decided to make the binary
> packages for syslog-ng OSE available for free.
>
> As you may know, BalaBit has various syslog-ng support packages and as a
> part of this service it prepared binary installation packages for
> different platforms. The access to these packages either required a
> support contract but could also be purchased separately for a yearly
> fee.
>
> With syslog-ng 3.0, the binary packages for syslog-ng OSE will become
> freely accessible.
>
> Since syslog-ng is an open source project, BalaBit planned to finish
> this task in the Open Source spirit: open and visible to all community
> members. This also means that the set of packages published with this
> e-mail is NOT yet release grade, rather it is more of a development
> snapshot of the current state of affairs. So please don't ruin your
> production systems with this package, it is more advisable to try them
> in a test environment (chroot or a dedicated test machine).
>
> With all these said, here is the link:
>
> https://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system/upgrades/
>
> Please pick the release named "3.0HEAD". This contains a source snapshot
> (effectively git from two days ago), and a set of packages for SUSE 10,
> RHEL4/5, FreeBSD 6.x, Debian etch, and Linux generic.
>
> The binary packages contain all runtime dependencies needed to run
> syslog-ng, thus no further packages are required, it is an all-in-one
> package. The rpm/deb packages are prepared the same, they install
> syslog-ng in /opt/syslog-ng in order to avoid clashes with a system
> supplied syslog-ng daemon.
>
> There are two install kits for each platform:
>  * one that includes database drivers (dubbed as "server")
>  * one that does not include database drivers (dubbed as "client")
>
> Currently there are no other differences between the packages, but later
> on there might be.
>
> With the current infrastructure in place, I'm confident that with each
> syslog-ng OSE release, I can publish the source AND binary packages at
> the same time.
>
> I'd really appreciate success/failure reports and also any kind of
> comment you may have.
>
> I'd like to release 3.0.2 together with its binary packages, let's hope
> that I get enough feedback on these packages so that I can do that.
>
> Enjoy!
>
>

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