A simpler logging configuration file format?

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message 
<30db8a0b-5b19-47e4-9364-54cbd7a7cacf at h23g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>, 
geoff.bache at gmail.com wrote:

> At the moment, if I want to add a new logger "foo" writing to its own
> file "foo" to my config file, I have to repeat the name 7(!) times,
> editing 3 different sections in the process:

I suppose there's always the Sendmail solution: stick an m4 wrapper on top 
to hide the details of the process. :)