Am 27.08.2012 17:06, schrieb nap: > > 1) Should messages go to stdout/stderr by default? > > IMHO messages should go to stdout or stderr *only* in two cases: > > a) While rading the config-file > b) If the user runs the daemon with some "--verbose" option. > > That's the --debug option I think. In the other cases (without it) in > fact the daemonize function will close the file descriptors 0 and 1. > With --debug, it will link theses FDs to the debug file.
Does this mean: Without --daemon one will get the debug-mode automatically? > > > > 2) Should messages send via broks be terminated by '\n'? > > Good point, I don't remember. I think keeping the \n won't hurt so we > don't have to make a difference between print versions and brok ones. With the new log-system, the \n would have to be added. I will remove it in a second step. > > > 3) Are level-names allowed to be upper-case? Or is there any program > known to rely on these to be capitalized text? > > All Nagios related tools are using upper cases logs, because it's how > the classic WARNING, CRITICAL logs are. Fine. Then I'll change to uppercase, too. > > > 4) Should all messages (above the set level) be send to the broker, > even e.g. those about reading the config file? > > Yes, because it's always good to see which configuration files you are > reading, and what is the current working directory of your daemon, and > your Pyro URI, etc etc. such informations are very useful. Fine, this eases implementation :-) > > 5) Do we need 'human format' for messages send as broks, too? > > I think the human format was an error, and we should never allow such > "format" at the beginning. We can send them, they won't be readable by > tools, but the comment on this parameter is clear about that :) Implementing the human-format seams to become complicated -- more than it seams to have use. What do you think about this proposal: - for brok-messages: no human format at all - for console-outpur: always human format - for local-log: always human format An I'll change the human format to the standard format2012-08-27 19:23:45,123. -- Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | h.goe...@crazy-compilers.com | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Shinken-devel mailing list Shinken-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shinken-devel
