Google Ads In Rsyslog Documentation Files
Hi all,
I know this comes from upstream (and most likely from the rsyslog project itself), but what’s your opinion about Google Ads in system documentation files?
I find it rather disconcerting if there are commercial ads embedded in help texts I find on my open source servers.
Best regards,
Peter.
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Peter Eckel wrote:
project itself), but what’s your opinion about Google Ads in system documentation files?
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/rsyslog_secure_tls.html:google_ad_client
= “pub-3204610807458280”;
help texts I find on my open source servers.
“Disconcerting” isn’t the word I would use. Completely unacceptable is what I’d say. I think it’s time to put in a bug report to upstream…. I
need to check with my manager.
I do note this is not the case in rsyslog on CentOS 7.
mark
“obnoxious” would be the word I would use. I checked on one of my CentOS 6
boxes, and it is there. I never had high opinion about google itself, but today RedHat fell in my eyes one notch down as well.
Valeri
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Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247
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Hi Mark,
I’m not sure whether upstream is the right place to address this, but I’ll try. I just downloaded all versions of the rsyslog sources from rsyslog.com, and found ‘googlesyndication’ links in the following versions:
rsyslog-4.8.0
rsyslog-5.10.0
rsyslog-5.10.1
rsyslog-5.8.13
rsyslog-6.6.0
rsyslog-7.3.0
rsyslog-7.3.1
rsyslog-7.3.2
rsyslog-7.3.3
rsyslog-7.3.4
rsyslog-7.3.5
rsyslog-7.3.6
rsyslog-7.3.7
rsyslog-7.3.8
rsyslog-7.3.9
rsyslog-7.3.10
rsyslog-7.3.11
rsyslog-7.3.12
rsyslog-7.4.0
rsyslog-7.4.1
rsyslog-7.4.2
rsyslog-7.4.3
rsyslog-7.4.4
rsyslog-7.4.5
rsyslog-7.4.6
rsyslog-7.4.7
rsyslog-7.4.8
rsyslog-7.4.9
rsyslog-7.4.10
rsyslog-7.5.0
rsyslog-7.5.1
rsyslog-7.5.2
rsyslog-7.5.3
rsyslog-7.5.4
rsyslog-7.5.5
rsyslog-7.5.6
Which means it’s gone in 8.x.x and in 7.x.x starting from 7.5.6. 4.x.x, 5.x.x and 6.x.x haven’t been cleaned ever.
CASE 01544649 opened upstream.
Cheers,
Pete.
Peter Eckel wrote:
Thanks, Pete. I was just discussing it with my manager….
mark
Hi Mark,
if he agreed to you opening (or backing) the case that would be great. I just became aware that my developer account is not entitled to raising issues :-(
I can send you the reply of RH offline if you want to handle this further.
Pete.