This is a divisive issue and I really don't want to spark up the discussion again, but have you tried using custom levels for this in your projects?
On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Gary Gregory (JIRA) <[email protected]> wrote: > > [ > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-508?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15031765#comment-15031765 > ] > > Gary Gregory commented on LOG4J2-508: > ------------------------------------- > > This discussion comes up every once in a while, it is not a done deal > either way IMO. Not for 2.5 in order to RERO, but still open for > discussion, which is why I'd like to leave this ticket open. > > > Add new Levels: NOTICE, DIAG, VERBOSE. > > -------------------------------------- > > > > Key: LOG4J2-508 > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-508 > > Project: Log4j 2 > > Issue Type: Improvement > > Components: API > > Affects Versions: 2.0-beta9 > > Environment: Apache Maven 3.1.1 > (0728685237757ffbf44136acec0402957f723d9a; 2013-09-17 11:22:22-0400) > > Maven home: C:\Java\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin\.. > > Java version: 1.7.0_51, vendor: Oracle Corporation > > Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_51\jre > > Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252 > > OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows" > > Reporter: Gary Gregory > > Fix For: 2.3 > > > > > > Discussion thread: > https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/logging-log4j-dev/201401.mbox/ajax/%3CBD972E2F-C818-47BD-BB9E-168D52D5D980%40nicholaswilliams.net%3E > > The levels: > > - FATAL - Hopefully, almost never logged because the system is crashing. > > - ERROR - Something affecting the usability of the system occurred. > > - WARN - Something not nice, but probably recoverable occurred. May lead > to errors later. > > - NOTICE - An event for normal, but significant, conditions. > > - INFO - Something of general interest, but not necessarily significant. > > - DIAG or DIAGNOSTIC - Events that can be used by operations or users to > diagnose problems in the system. > > - DEBUG - Used by developers for internal debugging. > > - VERBOSE - Used to log minute details of the system. As its dictionary > definition implies this is extremely chatty. > > - TRACE - Adds tracing of method entry and exit, possibly object > creation and initialization. > > From (with the NOTICE level added) > https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/logging-log4j-dev/201401.mbox/browser > > > > -- > This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA > (v6.3.4#6332) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
