Error Logging Requirements

[rusty wright]

Another thing that I'd like to see is some sort of version number in
the packets.  Client programs should be able to query the syslog
server and send it log packets in the appropriate format.  Or any new
stuff could be at the end of the packet and old servers could simply
ignore it.  Alternatively, they could send it to a syslog server on
the local machine and its config file could say to send it to another
syslog server, possibly with reformatting if it's a different version.
The fact that the 4.2 and 4.3 BSD syslogs don't work together is just
bad design.