Bug#393845: libglib2.0-0: glib error logging facilities provide no filtering or redirection

[Loïc Minier]

severity 393845 wishlist
forwarded 393845 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=362749
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        Hi,

On Tue, Oct 17, 2006, Joshua Rodman wrote:
> glib and libraries based on glib provide logging facilities with levels
> of severity for problems.  However, they do not provide any means to
> filter or reduce nuisance messages at runtime.  

 They do; programs are supposed to implement their own log handler if
 the default one doesn't fit.

 The GLib logging facilities are not aimed at full-blown logging as in
 systems such as log4j.

 I think a complete logging system would be far too expensive in terms
 of memory usage (just considering the number of applications using
 glib).

 However, I do agree that some filtering would be useful when one wants
 to suppress the warnings or errors in some particular situations;
 certainly not by default though.


 (I think you also got an answer from upstream.)

   Bye,
-- 
Loïc Minier <lool at dooz.org>