Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Remove logging to xwiki.log by default

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 14:14, Florin Ciubotaru<florinciu(a)gmail.com> wrote: Separate each app output in different files can and should be done by the application server.

> > Florin Ciubotaru > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Vincent Massol&lt;vincent(a)massol.net&gt; wrote: > >> Hi devs, >> >> I'd like to propose removing the log to xwiki.log by default in our >> log4j.properties file. >> >> The rationale is: >> * This is causing problems with a lot of users since by default we log in >> the current directory and there are lots of cases when users start xwiki >> from a directory where you don't have correct permissions >> * We don't control where xwiki.log is created >> >> Proposal: >> * We only log to stdout: >> ** tomcat is already configured to capture stdout/stderr and to redirect >> them to catalina.out >> ** I have a modification ready for Jetty to do the same, here it is in case >> you want to see it: >> >> <!-- =========================================================== --> >> <!-- Redirect stdout& stderr to a log file --> >> <!-- =========================================================== --> >> <New id="ServerLog" class="java.io.PrintStream"> >> <Arg> >> <New class="org.mortbay.util.RolloverFileOutputStream"> >> <Arg><SystemProperty name="jetty.home" >> default="."/>/logs/yyyy_mm_dd.stderrout.log</Arg> >> <Arg type="boolean">false</Arg> >> <Arg type="int">90</Arg> >> <Arg><Call class="java.util.TimeZone" >> name="getTimeZone"><Arg>GMT</Arg></Call></Arg> >> <Get id="ServerLogName" name="datedFilename"/> >> </New> >> </Arg> >> </New> >> <Call class="org.mortbay.log.Log" name="info"><Arg>Redirecting >> stderr/stdout to<Ref id="ServerLogName"/></Arg></Call> >> <Call class="java.lang.System" name="setErr"><Arg><Ref >> id="ServerLog"/></Arg></Call> >> <Call class="java.lang.System" name="setOut"><Arg><Ref >> id="ServerLog"/></Arg></Call> >> >> WDYT?