Announcements :: rsyslog 0.9.6 released :: (2885 Reads)
Posted by
rgerhards
on Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 07:54 PM
I am glad to announce that I have just released rsyslog 0.9.6. This release is focussed on streamlining towards the first final 1.0 release. The documentation has been greatly enhanced and changed to html format. It now includes an installation howto. Also, samples of system startup scripts have been added, hopefully facilitating deployment.
Visit the rsyslog status page for download and link to the change log:
There is one important change for existing rsyslogd users: the syntax of the -r option has been changed. It now accepts the port that rsyslogd should listen to. That, however, breaks existing scripts. They must be changed to use "-r 0", which mimics the previous behaviour. I am sorry for this inconsistency, but I thought it is better to keep the command line options consistent - and at the current time changing that interface is hopefully not such a big issue. If we'd do it much later, it might have been impossible. The new syntax also provides ample opportunity for future enhancement, which then can be kept consistent with the -t tcp listener command line option.
The next steps for rsyslog will be to look at the packaging and eventually some further minor clean-ups. I would also appreciate any feedback from practical use, especially if you should run a high-volume system. I now traget the 1.0 release for early September.
There is no need to upgrade to 0.9.6 if you are happy with what you currently run.
I hope the new release is helpful.
Rainer Gerhards
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