True, it's been available, but having it in the core means that it will get into Linux distros, i.e. people don't have to compile.

Yes, I'm saying it's really about time they added it to the core, especially because it's been available as a patch for a long time.

I get that they need to differentiate their paid version, I just wish it was in areas where the community hadn't already provided something that works.

Distros have been patching things like this for a long time.

True, but I can't recall any having the syslog module out of the box.