Re: syslog-ng

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2010-06-02 14:02 keltezéssel, Petr Lautrbach írta:
> On 06/02/2010 12:56 PM, Peter Czanik wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> 2010-05-12 17:07 keltezéssel, Daniel J Walsh írta:
>>     
>>>> I'm looking for information, how to get a package (in my case:
>>>> syslog-ng) updated to the latest available version. First I tried to
>>>> contact the original syslog-ng packagers directly, but I got no response
>>>> at all. Here on the list I got some questions about the new syslog-ng
>>>> version, but while I update my rawhide installation quite often, I still
>>>> did not see an update for syslog-ng.
>>>>
>>>> Now I looked around on the Fedora wiki, how I could to the packaging
>>>> work myself. I found a page with many interesting details:
>>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join , but this seems
>>>> to be for packagers joining to add a new package. How could I get an
>>>> existing package upgraded?
>>>>
>>>> Bye,
>>>> CzP
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Have you opened a bugzilla requesting the update?
>>>
>>> I think you need to sign up and work to become a provenpackager.
>>>
>>>       
>> I did not open a bugzilla request yet, but it does not seem to be
>> appropriate any more, as syslog-ng and related libraries seem to be
>> dropped from Fedora (it is the same on FC13 and rawhide):
>>
>>     
> You really should open bugzilla request.
>   
Done: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598961

>> [root@fedora13 ~]# yum install syslog-ng
>>     
> ...
>   
>> Installing:
>>   syslog-ng               i686               2.1.4-6.fc12
>> fedora               138 k
>> Installing for dependencies:
>>   eventlog                i686               0.2.7-4.fc12
>> fedora                16 k
>>   libnet                  i686               1.1.4-3.fc12
>> fedora                49 k
>>
>>     
> So syslog-ng is still there. It wasn't just rebuilt since fc12 as there was no
> mass rebuild for fc13 and no update by package maintainer.
Ah, good to know. I just teach sometimes Fedora/RHEL/CentOS, I never
developed for it :-) I package for openSUSE and FreeBSD, where each
little change triggers a rebuild of all dependent packages.

>  Last changelog
> entry is from f12(-rawhide) times:
>
> * Tue Sep 15 2009 Ray Van Dolson <rayvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> - 2.1.4-8
> - Adjust eventlog build requirement
>
>   
>> And a bonus question, as I work now for the upstream developer of
>> syslog-ng: what was the reason for dropping syslog-ng from the distribution?
>>     
> It's still there, see https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/syslog-ng
>   
Which is very good news :)
Thanks, bye,
CzP
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