[issue11129] logging: allow multiple entries in qualname config

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[issue11129] logging: allow multiple entries in qualname config

Dariusz Suchojad added the comment: Hello friends, @vinay.sajip - the use case for this feature is actually something I come across fairly often. In an application I have dozens and hundreds of logger instances. However, they all fall into one of several loggers. Most of the instances are

[issue11129] logging: allow multiple entries in qualname config

Vinay Sajip added the comment: they really should share the logging configuration Well, that's easy enough to do - although there would be some duplication in the .ini file, it is not especially onerous. While I well understand the benefits of DRY, I still don't believe this is a very common

[issue11129] logging: allow multiple entries in qualname config

anatoly techtonik techto...@gmail.com added the comment: And how do you intend to parse the dictionary stored in external file? Evaluating this script is unsafe. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11129

[issue11129] logging: allow multiple entries in qualname config

Changes by anatoly techtonik techto...@gmail.com: -- type: - security ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11129 ___ ___

[issue11129] logging: allow multiple entries in qualname config

Vinay Sajip vinay_sa...@yahoo.co.uk added the comment: The logging package will not parse any external file to get a dictionary. It's up to the application developer to provide a dictionary which will be used for configuration, so there's no security issue in the stdlib. -- type:

[issue11129] logging: allow multiple entries in qualname config

Vinay Sajip vinay_sa...@yahoo.co.uk added the comment: There's no particularly good use case for this. Plus, going forwards, dictionary-based configuration should be used (as it supports more logging features). -- nosy: +vinay.sajip resolution: - wont fix status: open - closed

[issue11129] logging: allow multiple entries in qualname config

Changes by Vinay Sajip vinay_sa...@yahoo.co.uk: -- assignee: - vinay.sajip ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11129 ___ ___

[issue11129] logging: allow multiple entries in qualname config

anatoly techtonik techto...@gmail.com added the comment: Where is this configuration? -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11129 ___

[issue11129] logging: allow multiple entries in qualname config

Vinay Sajip vinay_sa...@yahoo.co.uk added the comment: See PEP 391. Documentation is at http://docs.python.org/library/logging.html#configuration as you might expect. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue11129

[issue11129] logging: allow multiple entries in qualname config

New submission from anatoly techtonik techto...@gmail.com: When configuration is specified in external file, qualname attribute should allow several values. Maybe comma separated. -- messages: 127992 nosy: techtonik priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: logging: allow