+ \item A \function{basicConfig} function was added to the + \module{logging} package to simplify log configuration. It defaults + to logging to standard error, but a + number of optional keyword arguments can be specified to + log to a particular file, change the logging format, or set the + logging level. For example:

Actually, basicConfig() always existed; the news is that it now takes arguments. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)