From: nunojsilva@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-16, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:40:30 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> Way too complicated.   
   >   
   > First you said it couldn’t be done at all -- that it was   
   > “intentionally impossible”, and “intentionally not implemented by the   
   > journal”. Now when I point out it can be done quite easily,   
   > potentially with just a few lines of script, you claim that’s “way too   
   > complicated”.   
   >   
   > What I think is, it’s your existing way of laboriously copying and   
   > filtering text-format logfiles with your own (likely regexp-heavy)   
   > custom scripting, that is “way too complicated”, and you are suffering   
   > from something called the “sunk-cost fallacy”, where you don’t want to   
   > throw away all the effort you have put into your existing ways of   
   > doing things, even if the new way is simpler.   
      
   No, you're again LDO-ing the conversation. You effectively said this   
   can't be done within systemd's journal. That may be ok, and it may well   
   be possible to do it externaly, easily or less so, but the point stands   
   that someone pointed a use case for which that journal apparently (from   
   what you said) isn't a suitable replacement.   
      
   As usual, you try to sweep this under the rug of "it's FLOSS so you can   
   change it [or make it part of a larger workflow]".   
      
   (If you really insist in going in that direction, there's not much to be   
   discussed, because, as far as the missing bits can be implemented in a   
   Turing-complete language, it has to be possible to do so; the only   
   limitation is going to be licensing. That part you got right. But   
   derailing the train of thought this way really appears like you're   
   making extensive efforts to avoid conceding that the tool you prefer   
   does not have this feature.)   
      
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   Nuno Silva   
      
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