I wanted a log analysis tool that provided more powerful features than LogFactor 5 or Chainsaw currently supported (regular-expression based color and display filters, JTabbedPane-based panels that could be docked/undocked).
So I started developing the tool, taking advantage of the original Chainsaw's code where it made sense. At some point, the Log4J folks suggested I contribute this code to the Log4J project, committing it to the log4j-sandbox module. I contributed the first version and Paul Smith rolled up his sleeves and jumped in, helping implement features we felt were important, both to our day-to-day work and to others who may need a similar tool. Later, Chainsaw V2 was moved from the sandbox to the core project and they invited Paul and myself to become committers. I also worked to make Chainsaw accessible by other frameworks, so I contributed receivers which make the Log4J framework (and Chainsaw) accessible by folks outside the Log4J framework. To date, with the help of folks on the various projects, Chainsaw can now receive events from these frameworks: * Log4Perl * Log4Net * Log4Cxx (c++) * Log4CPlus (not yet in the CVS tree I believe) * Log4PHP * JDK1.4's util.logging framework There's even a Log4R (ruby) version in the works. If anyone has an interest in contributing code to the main Log4J project or this latest version of Chainsaw, please do. That's why the sandbox exists - for interested folks to get a chance to contribute without worrying about impacting the core. I hope this answers your questions, Scott -----Original Message----- From: eugene akerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 1:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Chainsaw Hi Scott, Hi Paul So I am looking at chainsaw and it looks great. I was using LogFactor until now but I feel I should go with Chainsaw. Is it possible to get an historic point of view on Chainsaw. For example Why did you guys decide to work on chainsaw as opposed to logFactor ? Thank you for your answer --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
