log4net and versions 1.3/1.7

[Brian Kierstead]

Can anyone explain to me why is meant by the new version not having a dependency on log4net?  I'm getting a little confused when reading the docs and readme files.  In the changelog.txt file under the IBatisNet.DataMapper-bin-1.3.0 directory it says (it has a similar file in the DataAccess directory which says the same thing): Added custom logger support (remove dependcy on log4net), IBATIS now need a custom section in your application config file     Exemple (for log4NET) :     <configSections>         <sectionGroup name="iBATIS">             <section name="logging" type="IBatisNet.Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, IBatisNet.Common" />         </sectionGroup>            <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />     </configSections>         <iBATIS>         <logging>                    <logFactoryAdapter type="IBatisNet.Common.Logging.Impl.Log4NetLoggerFA, IBatisNet.Common.Logging.Log4Net">                 <arg key="configType" value="inline" />             </logFactoryAdapter>         </logging>     </iBATIS> How is this removing the dependancy on log4net?  Its still in there... And in the documentation for the data access, under 'Setup the Distribution' it says that you need to include log4net (it doesn't say this in the mapper help file): The core DataAccess framework has external dependencies on Castle.DynamicProxy.dll (creating proxies) log4net.dll (logging) So do we need it or not? Or do you only need to include it in the web.config if it you want the logging to be used? Thanks, Brian