Re: Is the logwatch project dying?

My job as an admin gives me the flexibility of testing, adding patches to
logwatch. I volunteer my time and expertise to help in anyway Mike feels
best.

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Kirk Bauer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well, I think Mike keeps up with the patches  OK, so it is up to him
> if he wants any help.  I can do builds as often as we want: it is
> fully automated.  Usually somebody requests a new build and Mike makes
> sure he is caught up on patches and I push it out.
>
> Our main problem is we are reactive -- somebody sends in a patch, Mike
> applies it, I do a build.  But ideally we could use some people that
> are more involved with the distributions (Red Hat, Debian, etc) and
> can improve Logwatch to make it easier on them.  Ideally we would have
> people who could "own" portions of Logwatch (e.g. specific filters)
> and actively (and pro-actively) maintain them.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Kirk Bauer <[email protected]>
> http://linux.kaybee.org | www.logwatch.org
> Author, Automating UNIX & Linux Administration
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Jason Frisvold <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > On 10/12/2009 02:51 PM, Kirk Bauer wrote:
> >> That was a while ago.  These days I only use Linux for personal use,
> >> and therefore don't have much direct use of the program.  In addition,
> >> my job is completely unrelated to Logwatch and demands quite a bit of
> >> my time, including travel.  In addition, I now have a family and am
> >> working on my evening MBA.
> >
> > Family + work + education = NO TIME!  I feel your pain..  :)
> >
> >> So, as much as I hate to say it, I will probably never again be very
> >> active in Logwatch development.  For years now, Mike has applied
> >> nearly every patch we receive.  Almost all development efforts are
> >> done by the wider community.  I still do the builds and run the web
> >> site and CVS.
> >
> > Do you have time to build on demand, or would some other sort of system
> > help?  Granted, I don't think logwatch is one of the more difficult
> > scripts to build..
> >
> >> I would like to see a more active community around Logwatch and am
> >> open to help and ideas.
> >
> > Would additional patch maintainers help?
> >
> > --
> > ---------------------------
> > Jason Frisvold
> > [email protected]
> > ---------------------------
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