[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH 0434] log: add timestamp to filename of logs

[Jan Cholasta]

On 11.3.2016 09:33, Martin Kosek wrote:
> On 03/08/2016 07:07 PM, Martin Basti wrote:
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>> On 08.03.2016 16:37, Martin Basti wrote:
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>>> On 08.03.2016 16:31, Martin Basti wrote:
>>>> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4501
>>>>
>>>> Patch attached.
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>>> Rebased patch attached.
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>> self-NACK
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>> Scripts print to CLI unformatted strings, it should not be so easy.
>> See /var/log/ipaupgrade-{timestamp}.log for more information
>
> second-NACK. We cannot break existing log file paths. The paths are mentioned
> in a documentation and there may be also automation around that (gathering log
> files). So there should be always symlink from the well known location to the
> newest timestampe'd log.

Sorry, but this is absurd. What's the point of maintaining backward 
compatibility with obsolete documentation? Following this logic, we 
would not be able to change anything ever. What we should actually do is 
update the documentation. Ditto for automation.

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Jan Cholasta