Re: [Rails-devel] Update of the logging framework

[brett l. <bre...@gm...>]

Stefan -

That's good enough for me. Using better-supported, better-documented
tools is a win. :-)

---Brett.


On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Stefan Frey <ste...@we...> wrote:
> Brett:
> Main limitation is the much better documentation. And there is not much
> documentation on log4j except the api and few introductory documents.
> Compare this to one below.
>
> The reason I had to look for documentation was mainly how to
> include/enable/disable the log4j logging during unit testing.
>
> And from the developers involved logback is log4j version 2 anyway.
>
> Stefan
>
> On 06/01/2012 05:40 PM, brett lentz wrote:
>> Stefan -
>>
>> I don't object to it outright, but I would like to see more info on
>> why such a change is being made before it's implemented.
>>
>> What limitations of log4j would we be overcoming?
>> What essential features does sl4j and logback have that log4j doesn't?
>> Would updating log4j change the comparison any?
>>
>> I'm not really tied to one solution over another, but I'd like to
>> understand what we're gaining or losing by switching.
>>
>> ---Brett.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Stefan Frey<ste...@we...>  wrote:
>>> Erik&  Brett:
>>> taking the opportunity of a major update to Rails 2.0 I suggest to
>>> replace the log4j logging by the combination of sl4j and logback.
>>>
>>> See http://slf4j.org/ and http://logback.qos.ch/index.html for details.
>>>
>>> Any objections?
>>>
>>> Stefan
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