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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE deleted file mode 100644 index 85475306..00000000 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -I am pleased to announce the initial beta release of the rsyslog package. - -Rsyslog has been forked from the sysklogd package. It currently shares its -base design but includes many important enhancements. Most importantly -it supports - -- the ability to receive syslog messages via tcp -- direct logging to MySQL database servers -- fully configurable output formats, including - * high precision timestamps with year ;) - * access to each of the message parts as well as substrings thereof - (includes access to facility and priority) - * access to the raw message received -- compatibility to stock linux syslogd - -Rsyslog is GPL'ed software. Details and the download on it can be found at - - http://www.monitorware.com/rsyslog/ - -This package has performed well in our test environments but it is a beta -release. So you might experience problems of all kind when you try it. So far, -it has been compiled Red Hat and Debian Linux as well as FreeBSD (but BSD -sometimes slips final testing and thus there might be some compile issues). - -We would appreciate any feedback from early testers, including bug reports, -additional platforms it runs on and new ideas. - -Thanks to everyone who has contributed ideas, patches and bug reports. -Special thanks to Tina Bird for being a constant source of new ideas and also -to Bennett Todd for his suggestions (yes, those back from 2003 also finally -made it into rsyslog ;)). - -We hope to receive ample feedback. The more feedback we receive, the more -enhancements will happen (and the faster they will appear). You can -send any feedback and suggestion to the rsyslog mailing list. Archive -and subscription management is available at - -http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog - -Rainer Gerhards -Adiscon |