Re: syslog_line_prefix

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: syslog_line_prefix
Date: 2009-09-25 22:12:23
Message-ID: 4ABD4047.10908@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>
>> Having just sent two messages to the discussion about the wrong patch, I'll
>> apologize, and shut up now :)
>>
>
> No need to apologize --- this really is, and should be, all one
> conversation. I think the main problem I've got with applying either
> patch is that I don't believe we have consensus on the direction the
> logging code should go. Without that, it's a bad idea to accept
> incremental patches, even if they're arguably harmless by themselves.
>

Agreed. The discussion does have en element of /déjà vu,/ too. The the
whole idea behind log_line_prefix was to allow people to make easier and
better log splitting decisions after the fact.

Like you I'm wary of adding too much extra processing into the elog code.

cheers

andrew

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