From: JD (jean.daniel.michaud_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-03 14:30:19
>
> Since I'm interested in having such a library in Boost, I'd be happy
> to participate.
>
It's what you did and you did well! Thank you!
- Nonetheless, I see a very interesting contribution from Michael
Lacher. I'm not sure the mailing list is the right place to discuss
them, but I don't see any discussion page on the wiki.
Concerning req id 3: Michael, I don't really get this statement. I think
it's really to the library user (programmer) to decide which log shall
be present or not. He's in charge of filtering the logs following the
compilation configuration (debug or release). I don't think the library
shall manage this by itself. Or maybe I did not get your point at all!
General Thoughts, third bullet:
You say:
"Logging: print log messages useful for the program user. They are
needed to understand unexpected conditions during usage like: "file xyz
not found", "directory baz is not readable".
I can't disagree more with this. IMO, logging is not at all a way to
give information to the program user. In my mind, a logging library is
intended only for debugging, journaling, auditing and performance
measuring. Not a way to display error message or waiting message to the
user. In my mind, these are totally different things. Please someone,
give his POV on this, I think this is a major disagreement.
- Besides, Caleb Epstein propose the definition of channel as:
Multiple named channels each with configurable "threshold" (e.g. error,
warning, debug, etc)
Caleb, would you mind add a definition of channel on the wiki
(http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost.Logging)
and maybe add some requirements on this?
JD