[Python-ideas] logging.config.defaultConfig()

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Fri, 16 May 2014 13:08:17 +0200
Thomas Guettler
<guettli at thomas-guettler.de> wrote:
> Am 16.05.2014 11:54, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:
> > On Fri, 16 May 2014 11:32:55 +0200
> > Jonas Wielicki <j.wielicki at sotecware.net>
> > wrote:
> >> On 16.05.2014 11:27, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 16 May 2014 09:05:11 +0200
> >>> Thomas Güttler
> >>> <guettli at thomas-guettler.de> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I think the following solution is very flexible and solves most needs to set up logging,
> >>>> since I can implement your needs in for example your_environment_module.set_up()
> >>>
> >>> This looks dubious to me. There is no reason to have a shared Python
> >>> logging configuration, IMO. Also, I don't understand why this is
> >>> importing a module.
> >>
> >> While I agree that importing a module might not be the right way, having
> >> a standard way to configure logging via environment variables might be
> >> helpful.
> >
> > I entirely disagree. An environment variable is a very lousy way to
> > specify a configuration file's location; and there is no reason to have
> > a common logging configuration for all Python applications.
> 
> ** I don't want a common logging configuration **
> 
> I want a standard hook to find the logging configuration.

Why would that be Python's business?
If the hook is meant to be truly "standard", then it should be
something like a LSB standard.

End users don't really care whether some application is written in
Python or another language. Why a Python-specific hook? What do users
gain?

> And I want it to be a Python method.

Basically you are telling us what /you/ want, but not why it would be
useful for the broader community.

Regards

Antoine.