I don't remember seeing any specific benefits listed except that it would let people choose the underlying logging framework, as i've mentioned this is possible with JDK logging)
Do you have any pointers on how to change the underlying framework? I don't see anything like that in: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/util/logging/overview.html or other obvious (google) places to look A few weeks back, I suggested http://www.slf4j.org/ so that I could choose the underlying logging framework, if this is supported directly from java logging, all the better! I have been integrating solr with a legacy system tied to log4j - i have two logging configurations - a pain, but obviously not that big of deal. thanks ryan