I think there's an additional minor need for code/documentation to
allow the logging to be easily configured. Can you (Max) open up a
ticket for 0.9 to clarify logging.

Thanks,
Kevin

On 2/1/06, Jeff Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Max, you bring up a really good point. When I added a little logging
> code to Visit and Identity, I didn't really know what levels to set
> each message at. The warning and error/exception level was pretty
> obvious. But I didn't know if some messages were Info or Debug
> because I didn't know who would be seeing them in production.
>
> Clarifying this would help.
>
> On 1 Feb, 2006, at 2:55 pm, Max Ischenko wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'd like to raise a question of logging policy for the TurboGears
> > itself.
> >
> > TurboGears uses logging both to help troubleshoot the framework
> > itself and to notify user of important events. There is nothing
> > wrong with this. OTOH, user should have the option to mute
> > framework logging and be reasonably sure that this won't result in
> > important messages being ignored.
> >
> > To be able to do this, there should be a documented policy that is
> > obeyed by the framework authors. E.g. use DEBUG level for
> > information that is of interest to framework developers and INFO
> > and up for information that may be of interest to framework users.
> > Or, use DEBUG/INFO for "internal" use and WARNING and upper levels
> > to communicate with user.
> >
> > Exact details don't matter as long as they are properly documented
> > and followed by the code.
> >
> > Of course, judging what may be of interest to user is sometimes
> > moot but that's another matter.
> >
>
> --
> Jeff Watkins
> http://newburyportion.com/
>
> Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It
> made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to
> pass it on.
> -- (Terry Pratchett, Hogfather)
>
>
>


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