Is it just me, or is there a reason for it?

[James Hogarth]

>> This would be something for the logchecker hackers, or users. If it
>> is a good change, upstream will accept and include the changes into
>> logchecker. You could do it, and propose your changes upstream.
>>
>> But, right now, all  I can see points to a not-enough-adjusted
>> logchecker configuration on your side.
>
> But part of my point is that most users can't, or won't want to master
> extended regular expressions.
>

Most users won't install logchecker, apache, tomcat or any number of
packages and those that do can then check the relevant documentation
or ask for help....

We aren't talking about a default package here that then needs
'unknowledgeable person protection'... heck computer janitor is still
in a default install and can mess someone around with no real
protection ;)