[Python-Dev] Logging enhancements

[Neal Norwitz]

On 1/9/06, Shane Hathaway <shane at hathawaymix.org> wrote:
> I'd like to create a patch for the logging package, but before I do, I
> need to know whether someone else is working on the package and whether
> my patch is likely to be accepted.  Is there another group I should talk to?

Vinay (copied) maintains it separately.  He's the best person to talk
to AFAIK.  He maintains compatability with older pythons, possibly
1.5, I don't recall.  Check PEP 291.

> Specifically, I want to change the following:

There are several bugs (any maybe patches) on SF related to logging. 
AFAIK, they are all assigned to Vinay.  It would be great if you could
fix those as well.

n
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> - The logging.config.fileConfig function has bare excepts that hide
> configuration errors.  I'd like to remove the bare excepts and break up
> fileConfig for clarity.
>
> - I'd like to make it possible to configure the format of exception
> tracebacks.  Some logs want compressed tracebacks like Medusa; others
> want extra information like Zope.
>
> - There is no support for external log rotation.  There is plenty of
> support for Python rotating logs directly, but permission settings often
> make that impossible.  Long-running Python processes need to accept a
> signal which notifies them when an external tool rotates the logs.
>
> - The logging documentation is lacking somewhat.  For example, it fails
> to mention that the logging handlers are in the 'handlers' module, which
> I only learned by searching the source code.
>
> Shane