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Although Analog is not under what I would call active development, I
don't see how that would be an issue. Analog does what it does very very
well. There is little that could be done without changing the scope of
the program. When problems do come up, which is extremely rare these
days, there are a number of people here who can fix them.

To my mind it has much more to do with what you are trying to
accomplish. If you want what Analog does, there is no better choice. But
there are features which Analog choses not to address. A number of these
Analog does not address because they are impossible. For example, any
attempt to count visits is an illusion. A number of other products are
happy to offer you that illusion, Analog offers you facts. If you need
one or more of those features you may want to look elsewhere.

Jason


Joelle Tegwen wrote:
>
> We're looking for a new log analyzer. The two that consistently came
> up were AWStats and Analog. Analog seems like a great product, but it
> seems to be no longer under development. We don't have anyone on staff
> who could update this so if updates or changes needed to be made, we
> would be out of luck.
>
> Is it worth it to start using Analog now? Are there current open bugs
> that are a concern? How would we deal with new browsers/OS (like
> Vista)? Or is this project going away and we should look elsewhere for
> a log analyzer?
>
> Are there other issues I should be aware of?

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Joelle Tegwen <jtegwen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I realize that I'm asking the choir here, but I'm hoping to get an
> honest assessment.
>
> We're looking for a new log analyzer. The two that consistently came
> up were AWStats and Analog. Analog seems like a great product, but it
> seems to be no longer under development. We don't have anyone on staff
> who could update this so if updates or changes needed to be made, we
> would be out of luck.
>
> Is it worth it to start using Analog now? Are there current open bugs
> that are a concern? How would we deal with new browsers/OS (like
> Vista)? Or is this project going away and we should look elsewhere for
> a log analyzer?
>
> Are there other issues I should be aware of?

Off the top of my head, I can't think of anything that I would describe as an "open bug". While the current version of Analog was released 4 years ago, there haven't really been any significant changes in the Web log landscape in that time, except the addition of Windows Vista to the OS report, and there are user contributed patches that address that. Presumably someone will add Windows 7 in the near future too. A 64-bit compiled version for Windows might also be more useful now than it was 4 years ago, but that's a prolem with the available tools, rather than with Analog itself. As the availability of 64-bit tools for Windows development improves, expet to see a user-contributed build of 64-bit Analog for Windows. (64-bit versions for other operating systems are already available).

Analog has remained pretty static because the flexibity and customization that it offers comes from changes made to config files, not from code modifications and recompilation.

Is it worth starting to use Analog now? I'd turn that question around - is there any reason not to use Analog? If Analog doesn't deliver on some of your needs today, it's probably not going to change significantly at this point. On the other hand, if you have a good idea what you want to get from your log files, and Analog delivers on those needs, then it's going to keep delivering.

Aengus

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>
> Off the top of my head, I can't think of anything that I would describe as an "open bug". While the current version of Analog was released 4 years ago, there haven't really been any significant changes in the Web log landscape in that time, except the addition of Windows Vista to the OS report, and there are user contributed patches that address that. Presumably someone will add Windows 7 in the near future too. A 64-bit compiled version for Windows might also be more useful now than it was 4 years ago, but that's a prolem with the available tools, rather than with Analog itself. As the availability of 64-bit tools for Windows development improves, expet to see a user-contributed build of 64-bit Analog for Windows. (64-bit versions for other operating systems are already available).
>
> Analog has remained pretty static because the flexibity and customization that it offers comes from changes made to config files, not from code modifications and recompilation.
>
> Is it worth starting to use Analog now? I'd turn that question around - is there any reason not to use Analog? If Analog doesn't deliver on some of your needs today, it's probably not going to change significantly at this point. On the other hand, if you have a good idea what you want to get from your log files, and Analog delivers on those needs, then it's going to keep delivering.
>
> Aengus

Thank you both for your time answering. This is helpful as we decide
how to move forward.

Thanks
Joelle
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