Thank you Scott, It is very encouraging you are joining this effort! Now I feel more confident we can make a new release! I am doing my best to learn more about Chainsaw and contribute further!
On Wed, Nov 29, 2023, at 20:13, Scott Deboy wrote: > I'll go through the UI and re-add small features that I think are > critical but were lost in the log4j1-jettison effort. > > I'll follow-up in a new thread. > > Scott > > > On 11/28/23, Scott Deboy <scott.de...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've fixed the logger tree split pane UI (left artifacts when you >> drag), and I've added VFSLogFilePatternReceiver support and it works >> fine. >> >> To test VFSLogFilePatternReceiver: >> * Start Chainsaw >> * View, Show Receivers menu >> * Hit the 'create' icon in the receivers pane >> * Select 'New VFSLogFilePatternReceiver' >> >> In the bottom section of the receivers pane, enter values for the >> following attributes: >> >> fileURL - provide a local text file path (triple-slashes in the URI), like: >> file:///Users/sdeboy/somefile.txt >> >> logFormat - just use a simple format for now: >> MESSAGE >> >> tailing: >> true >> >> * Click OK >> >> A new tab with the receiver name - default is 'Receiver' - will be >> created and entries from the log file will be routed there. >> >> In a text editor, add some lines to the file and you'll see the new >> lines appear in the bottom of the log table. >> >> Scott >> >> >> >> On 11/28/23, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@apache.org> wrote: >>> Hi Scott, >>> >>> I believe you; thanks for speaking up and being around. >>> >>> How can I help? >>> >>> I think Chainsaw needs to see a release soon, so what can I do to help >>> you? >>> >>> I am glad to clean up things and whatever is necessary. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Christian >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 29, 2023, at 00:15, Scott Deboy wrote: >>>> I have dropped the ball here, but will commit to working on this, this >>>> year. >>>> >>>> I want to preserve a bunch of what can be done in the >>>> https://github.com/apache/logging-chainsaw/tree/chainsaw-with-log4j1-dep >>>> branch, and some of that just isn't possible because equivalent >>>> functionality was never added to log4j2. >>>> >>>> Remote tailing via the VFSLogFilePatternReceiver, with the existing >>>> filter and search support, is enough I think. >>>> >>>> I'll jump in and help. >>>> >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> On 11/28/23, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I have started to clean up a few things that seemed good to me. >>>>> The last time I sent a message like this was 1.5 months ago, but there >>>>> was >>>>> not much progress in maintaining it. >>>>> >>>>> I am currently in a state where I slowly get what should be happening, >>>>> but >>>>> unfortunately, it does not. >>>>> We are not ready to release a new version, nor do we know what is >>>>> necessary >>>>> to release one. >>>>> >>>>> We have lots of dead code in Chainsaw, and it is tough to understand >>>>> "what >>>>> should it do?" >>>>> >>>>> I move around many Swing components to understand better, because the >>>>> code >>>>> is complex. However, I didn't see how Chainsaw would do anything >>>>> beneficial. >>>>> It's not working at all. >>>>> >>>>> Yes, I now what a "receiver" is meant to do. But apart from this >>>>> description >>>>> we have no specific goal nor do we actually receive anything (or I >>>>> don't >>>>> know how). >>>>> >>>>> For an ordinary person, it seems impossible to connect to a running >>>>> server >>>>> to tail a log file (I am not sure if it should do it) or even analyze a >>>>> regular log file. >>>>> >>>>> This is when either old committers step up to tell a new one, like me, >>>>> what >>>>> is going on or to set a specific goal that we want to reach with a new >>>>> version of Chainsaw. >>>>> >>>>> It was fun to clean up, but we need to talk more about Chainsaw. As for >>>>> me, >>>>> it is unusable, hard to fix and we need a new set of goals and radical >>>>> refactoring to make it work again. If we are not agreeing on what it >>>>> should >>>>> do, it's time to go dormant. I am sorry to say this, I like Chainsaw. >>>>> But >>>>> me >>>>> alone - I can't fix it. >>>>> >>>>> Please let me know, >>>>> Christian >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>
