Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH manager] ui: node: system: avoid using 'Syslog'

[Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>]

Am 16.02.24 um 10:01 schrieb Fabian Grünbichler:
> 
>> Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com> hat am 16.02.2024 09:29 CET geschrieben:
>> Am 15.02.24 um 19:20 schrieb Dietmar Maurer:
>>>> The information gathered by the API call comes from the systemd
>>>> journal. While 'Syslog' could be interpreted as a shorthand for
>>>> "System Log", it's better to be explicit to avoid any confusion.
>>>
>>>> -		title: 'Syslog',
>>>> +		title: gettext('System Log'),
>>>
>>> From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syslog
>>>
>>>> In computing, syslog /ˈsɪslɒɡ/ is a standard for message logging.
>>>
>>
>> As discussed off-list with Dietmar, the argument is that the messages
>> are exactly those that are recorded via the syslog standard/mechanism.
>> So "Syslog" is more precise in that sense, because "System Log" doesn't
>> capture that fact and I'm retracting my patch.
> 
> while I don't mind (at all!) that that part of the UI/API is labelled syslog (I don't think it's hard to understand that it gives you the system logs of that node, and "syslog" is a bit like "Kleenex" in that regard ;)) - I do have to disagree here ;) journald does a lot more than just collecting syslog(3) messages - it also collects stdout/stderr of systemd-managed services (unless configured in a non-default fashion), messages explicitly sent to it over its own interface (like those by systemd ;)), and messages from the kernel (like dmesg), including the audit subsystem..

Oh right, so "Syslog" is not actually more precise. Please consider the
patch open again. Of course, we could alternatively use "Systemd
Journal" without gettext().