CentOS - Nov 2015 - Google Ads in rsyslog documentation files

Peter Eckel wrote:
> 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?
>
>> [peckel at mucnvjmppmtr01 ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
>> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.7 (Santiago)
>> [peckel at mucnvjmppmtr01 ~]$ grep google
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/*
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/rsyslog_secure_tls.html:google_ad_client
= "pub-3204610807458280";
>> /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/rsyslog_secure_tls.html:google_ad_slot
"5958614527";
>> /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/rsyslog_secure_tls.html:google_ad_width
125;
<snip>
> I find it rather disconcerting if there are commercial ads embedded in
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

On Tue, November 24, 2015 10:41 am, m.roth at 5-cent.us
wrote:
> Peter Eckel wrote:
>> 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?
>>
>>> [peckel at mucnvjmppmtr01 ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
>>> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.7 (Santiago)
>>> [peckel at mucnvjmppmtr01 ~]$ grep google
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/*
> /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/rsyslog_secure_tls.html:google_ad_client
> = "pub-3204610807458280";
>>>
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/rsyslog_secure_tls.html:google_ad_slot >
"5958614527";
>>>
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/rsyslog_secure_tls.html:google_ad_width > 125;
> <snip>
>> I find it rather disconcerting if there are commercial ads embedded in
> 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.
"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
>
> I do note this is not the case in rsyslog on CentOS 7.
>
>         mark
>
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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:
> 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:
<snip>
> 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.
>
Thanks, Pete. I was just discussing it with my manager....

      mark