[sheepdog] [PATCH stable-0.7 3/3] logger: add a unified log destination option and syslog support

[MORITA Kazutaka]

At Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:34:22 +0800,
Liu Yuan wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 07:54:35PM +0900, Hitoshi Mitake wrote:
> > This patch adds a new parameter "dst=" to the "-l" option for
> > specifying logging destination. Possible parameters are below:
> > - default: a dedicated file under sheep's directory
> > - syslog: standard syslog
> > - stdout: standard output
> > 
> > In addition, this patch removes "-o" option and "-f" option, previous
> > options for logging with stdout and let sheep run as a foreground
> > process. Now it is replaced with "-l dst=stdout".
> 
> I'm not suer if we should keep full backward compatibility for 0.7.x series.
> logger options is changed, but this is a small change, How do you think of
> it, Kazutaka?

I don't think this patch should be back-ported.  IMO, protocols
between sheepdog and users must have a backward compatibility for the
stable branches.

Thanks,

Kazutaka