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[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2011-12-23 at 01:47 +1030, Tim wrote:
> Tim: 
> >> Begs the question:  Has this no-logging become a new default, or just a
> >> fault?
> 
> Rahul Sundaram:
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F16_bugs#Upgrade_from_previous_releases_resets_the_enablement_status_of_services
> 
> 
> Well, that seems to suggest that the new default is not to log.
> 
> "The rule for migration to systemd is to "start-over fresh" with default
> start and stop policy from the new package, and not to migrate what the
> user had previously configured."
> 
> So, whatever you had set up beforehand is ignored, and the new default
> is implemented.  Not logging, by default, doesn't seem a good idea.

If this is true, it does seem like a radical change. What possible
argument could there be for not logging by default?

poc