this is for supporting external plugins.
external plugins will depend on a few telegraf interface types, as well
as a common telegraf registry.
this will allow external and internal plugins to both share this package
and make it easier to vendor/version the whole thing semantically, which
will make it easier to keep plugins supported across build and telegraf
versions.
see #1717
in this commit:
- centralize logging output handler.
- set global Info/Debug/Error log levels based on config file or flags.
- remove per-plugin debug arg handling.
- add a I!, D!, or E! to every log message.
- add configuration option to specify where to send logs.
closes#1786
- Collects conntrack stats from the configured directories and files.
Applying PR feedback:
- Rebased onto master
- Updated README/CHANGELOG
- Limited lines to 80 chars
- Improved plugin docs and README
- added a dummy notlinux build file
Fixed up CHANGELOG and README after rebase
closes#1164
Cameron Sparr
Robin Percy