Re: LogEngine / Re: Ideas for 3.7

Daniel Vainsencher wrote:

> For it to be a Basic package means that it will be distributed with
> every official image (at least until Minimal is online). And AFAIK, we
> consider it a good thing that images distributed contain only stuff that
> their intended audience will actually need.
> 
> So I rephrase, Why should it be part of Basic or any other official
> distribution? 

Another approach would be to agree on a stub method in Object that could 
be implemented by logging packages.
Some may have noticed that I had a log:flog: stub in Object in my first 
versions of the network rewrite. Similar semantic to the proposed 
package here.

I always find it helpful to have logging available if needed without 
going into code and finding out the interesting places. One example is 
logging what's going on with loading in the background etc.

A stub method would allow developers to put the logging calls into place 
and people can load the logging facility of their choosing if they 
actually want to log something.
At least until we have #ifdef ;-)

Summary:
stub yes, package no

Michael