[OE-core] Why do we use sysklogd as the default syslog?

[Alexander Kanavin]

2018-07-30 8:48 GMT+02:00 ChenQi <Qi.Chen at windriver.com>:
> I just noticed that we are using sysklogd as the default syslog.
> meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-full-cmdline.bb:VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_syslog
> ?= "sysklogd"
>
> sysklogd has stopped development for about 4 years, and as far as I can see,
> nobody is maintaining it.
> Is there some specific reason why we want to keep it as the default syslog
> for our reference images? small size?


You are welcome to improve this. Quite often the answer to such
questions is 'because no one is aware of the situation'.

Alex