[ovs-dev] [PATCH] vlog: deprecate --syslog-target argument

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Fri Sep 18 22:35:49 UTC 2015


On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 07:29:30PM -0700, Ansis Atteka wrote:
> Commit fe089c0d1e18 ("vlog: abstract out interface to syslog daemon")
> introduced --syslog-method flag that supersedes --syslog-target flag by:
> 1. making logging format configurable
> 2. letting daemon to also talk over UNIX domain socket (this is handy
>    when local rsyslog daemon is running in different network namespace
>    on the same host)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ansis Atteka <aatteka at nicira.com>
> ---
>  NEWS       |  1 +
>  lib/vlog.c | 10 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index ca22c8e..8bdaf3e 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Post-v2.4.0
>       targets to run a new system testsuite.  These tests can be run inside
>       a Vagrant box.  See INSTALL.md for details
>     - Dropped support for GRE64 tunnel.
> +   - Mark --syslog-target argument as deprecated.

In the past when we've deprecated features we've also given a date after
which we might remove the feature.  It's usually 6 to 12 months out.  Do
you want to do that here?

Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>



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