Delivered-To: cgu@qos.ch
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:30:03 -0400
From: Paul Michael Reilly <pmr@pajato.com>
To: java-logging-input@eng.sun.com
Cc: cgu@qos.ch
Subject: Logger API
Reply-To: pmr@pajato.com

After evaluating the IBM (jLog), JDK1.4 (JSR-000047) and log4j APIs, I
have to admit that log4j comes the closest to meeting my needs and is
my preferred logging API.

Please do consider, strongly, upgrading the JSR-000047 to include the
functions from log4j which I consider very important: level setting
independence; (very, very important) logging to daemons, services and
email; the ability to log to multiple files; benign operation in the
face of logging failures (i.e. crashing while attempting to log is
unacceptable); "only report once" functionality whereby subsequent
messages of a similar nature are ignored; XML based configuration; and
performance enhancers (low performance overhead in the face of low
priority operations).

Sincerely,

Paul M. Reilly
Pajato Systems Group