[syslog-ng] versioning and maintenance

[Balazs Scheidler]

On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 19:26 +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote:
> Balazs Scheidler <bazsi at balabit.hu> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 14:09 +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote:
> > I wouldn't want to do this, syslog-ng Open Source Edition is an
> > independent project, and the Premium Edition is based on that. It's easy
> > to find conflicts of interest if the same set of guys are trying to work
> > on both the OSE and the PE versions.
> >
> > That's why I try to remain an outsider for the BalaBit team, and do
> > everything out in the open.
> >
> > Of course as you know, we're working with the team to make their work
> > more public, but that's not always easy.
> 
> Aye, understandable. Was just an idea. :)
> 
> >> That way, you could focus on development, and leave the boring
> >> maintainance to those who already do something similar. :)
> >> 
> >> This only works though, if the stable branch is bugfix-only.
> >
> >
> >> > * I plan to announce a feature freeze for 3.3 and publish a beta
> >> > version. And at the same time open the 3.4 branch for integrating all
> >> > the stuff which has accumulated on the mailing list.
> >> 
> >> (Imagine cute puppy eyes here:) Would it be possible to get the
> >> value-pairs() & afmongodb updates in before the feature freeze? O:)
> >> 
> >
> > I've started integrating value-pairs(). I started doing simple cosmetic
> > things here & there, and I'm afraid I got into too large-scale changes.
> > It all started with my desire to remove the dependency on GlobalConfig,
> > so I blame that.
> 
> I'm curious what you've made out of it.
> 
> > I usually try to do much smaller changes to patches, and sorry if I
> > spoil your joy.
> 
> If a patch deserves to be rewritten, so be it. At least I could provide
> a base to build on! :)
> 
> (The fun is in writing the stuff anyway, seeing it integrated in one
> form or the other is just the icing on the cake, but the cake's
> delicious even without that - so to say)
> 

Hi,

Although I'd have liked if I have a little more time on the subject, but
I have to leave now, and I'm not sure when I can work on this again.

The latest incarnation of my patch is on git master.

I wanted to describe what I've changed and why, but I'm already late.

-- 
Bazsi