Re: [PATCH 2/2] trace2: randomize/timestamp trace2 targets

> After seeing that the possibilities got discussed on the list, and
> that nobody seems to be very much demanding customizability (I am
> taking Ævar's mention of strftime as a mere "if we were doing an
> optional timestamp, why not do so in an even more customizable way?"
> nice-to-have, not as a "we must allow hourly or daily log, adjusting
> for each host's needs" must-have), I actually am fine if we declare
> that we've chosen the hard-coded "if it is a directory, use the last
> portion of sid to create with O_EXCL (and if we fail, append a '.%d'
> counter to retry)" or something simple.  Which I think takes us
> closer to your earlier and unpublished draft, but this time we can
> say that we omitted customizability after making sure that there is
> not much interest---so I think it was worth it.
> 
> People who really want customizability can and are welcome to argue
> otherwise and then I may change my assessment of the level of
> interest in customizability, but the above is my current feeling.