[ python-Bugs-1241006 ] Distutils does not use logging

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Bugs item #1241006, was opened at 2005-07-19 19:21
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Category: Distutils
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Giles Antonio Radford (mewf)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Distutils does not use logging

Initial Comment:
distutils.log creates its own PEP 282-like logger
class, which is fine from the distutils point of view,
but not exactly brilliant if you want to intercept the
calls using the logging facilities that have been in
python since 2.3.

Recommended fix:

If, in fact, distutils.log has to be kept compatible
with 2.1 as is claimed in the source file then
something along the lines of:

try:
    import logging
    _global_log = logging.getLogger('distutils')
except ImportError:
    #insert current Log class definition here
    _global_log = Log()
    

Also, changing the values for DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR and 
FATAL to be the same as the ones in logging.py is
probably a good idea.

The distutils logger should have its own formatter that
prints out lines as the thing currently does, but this
formatter should be set within the code for setup()
rather than in the log module.

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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2005-08-06 20:00

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It needs to stay backwards-compatible with 2.1, so you need
to fallback if logging is not available.

No need to hurry, though.

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Comment By: Giles Antonio Radford (mewf)
Date: 2005-08-06 18:46

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Yes, though I'm offline for most of this week, I'll try and
give it a go for next weekend.

Does it need to be kept compatible with python 2.1? Or is
2.3 and above OK?

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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2005-08-06 14:45

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Can you provide a patch?

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