I've always liked Ralph's argument that Markers give users much more flexibility than any predefined Levels. I would prefer to stick to the log4j/slf4j level names.
On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]>wrote: > Interesting, I have been wanting a VERBOSE level better INFO and DEBUG. > > See > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/logging-log4j-dev/201310.mbox/%3CCACZkXPxNwYbn__CbXUqFhC7e3Q=kee94j+udhe8+6jiubcz...@mail.gmail.com%3E > > You'll have to dig a little in that ref to find my proposal, sorry I'm on > my phone ATM. > > It sounds like we see logging configuration messages differently though. I > do not like the name CONFIG because it does not sound like a level to me. > Otoh, many command lines have a verbose AND a debug switch. So it makes > sense to me too have corresponding levels. > > Gary > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nick Williams > Date:01/17/2014 23:50 (GMT-05:00) > To: Log4J Developers List > Subject: Web Issues, Logging Levels, and GA > > Wanted to update y'all. As you know, I've been very absent lately due to > the book consuming every minute of my free time. I know I haven't been > contributing my due, and for that please accept my sincerest apologies. The > book is finally done (goes on sale next month!) and I can get back to > regular life. I'm going to be out of town for the next week on a > much-needed vacation with very limited access to email. I'll be back the > weekend of January 25-26, and that weekend I will be spending almost the > entire time finally dealing with the 8-10 web application-related bugs. > After that, I don't see any encumbrances to releasing 2.0.0.GA. > > Except... > > Logging Levels. We kinda-sorta talked about this a few months ago, and a > few months before that, and a few months before that, but we never actually > DID anything about it. It's clear by now that my "extendable enum" proposal > (that would be a drop-in replacement for and binary compatible with the > current Level enum) is not going to be accepted. Absent any other > proposals, I suggest we add the following new levels before GA: > > CONFIG - Between INFO and WARN, mapped to INFO for bridges to other > frameworks that don't have an equivalent level > > FINE - Between DEBUG and TRACE, mapped to TRACE for bridges to other > frameworks that don't have an equivalent level > > I'll let y'all chat about that over the next week. ;-) > > Be back soon, > > Nick > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
