Delivered-To: cgu@qos.ch
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 05:56:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ed Howland <ulysees2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: Please revice the Java logging API to conform to log4j
To: java-logging-input@eng.sun.com

Dear Sir or Madam,

I'd like to request that the current design of JSR47,
the Java Logging API be revised to be closer to that
of log4j (now hosted by the Apache project,) or
replaced by log4j outright.

It has been my experience that projects accepted for
inclusion in the Apache project have always been
outstanding for their performance, lack of defects and
attention to detail. I cite specific examples from my
own projects: Jakarta-Tomcat which I have running on 4
different platforms with no downtime. Ant which is a
superior build environment, and the Xerces XML parser
suite. All of these have become part of nearly every
Java web developer's toolkit and rightly so.

Log4j shows this same level of quality as the other
Apache projects. I think it will become a developer's
toolbox inductee very soon. As it stands currently, it
commands a great deal of Java programmer's mindshare.


Sun Microsystems traditionally develops superior grade
products. I believe the new Java Community Process
goes a long way toward opening up the Java platform
for input from its best supporters, its customers, the
millions of Java programmers. I am proud of the work
to include Generic Java and the Assertion model into
upcoming releases of the language. These meet major
needs of the development community.

To include an untested logging API where a robust
tested one exists and is supported by a large
community, is unwise at best.

The JCP should look deeper into this dilemma before
adopting JSR47 as it now stands into the JDK 1.4
specification.

Thank you for listening.

Sincerely.

Ed Howland
Project Maintainer of HotSAX the HTML SAX parser.
http://hotsax.sourceforge.net
ulysees2001@yahoo.com



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