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Dennis Lundberg closed LOGGING-41. ---------------------------------- > Remove default log4j configuration > ---------------------------------- > > Key: LOGGING-41 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOGGING-41 > Project: Commons Logging > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 1.0.1 > Environment: Operating System: All > Platform: All > Reporter: Steven Caswell > > I am requesting that the code added to Log4JCategory in > commons-logging-1.0.1 that sets up a default initialization in log4j be > removed. > Why? When I put 1.0.1 in place of 1.0, I started getting extraneous > messages logged to the console. Subsequent research led me to the new > initialization code in Log4JCategory. The problem is in the way the > initialization code tries to decide if log4j has been configured. It > assumes that the root category has been configured with an appender. I > happen to have a log4j properties configuration that doesn't configure > an appender, so the initialization code couldn't tell that log4j had > been configured, it created the default root appender, and I started > getting the extraneous messages. > I realize there are easy workarounds for my particular problem, but I > believe this presents a more philosophical issue. Quoting from the > commons-logging api org.apache.commons.logging package description: > "The basic principle is that the user is totally responsible for the > configuration of the underlying logging system. Commons-logging should > not change the existing configuration." > The code in question directly violates this expressly stated principal > and is inappropriate. Allowing this code to remain opens a Pandora's box > of attempts to configure the underlying logger, which should be resisted > based on the above principal. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
