On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 07:25:28PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 09:13:24AM +1000, Dan Fruehauf wrote:
> > Another question while we're at it - what happens if and when you decide to
> > change your binary format for storing files for whatever reason? Is that
> > when we understand that we should have been left with just text based files?
>
> A stable, documented journal format is a prerequisite for this feature.
>
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/journal-files/
>
> That page outlines the plan for compatibility and for future extensions, and
> it seems reasonable to me.
Just to add to that: the format has already been sucessfully extended twice:
first to add XZ compression of fields, and second time to add forward sealing.
Zbyszek
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