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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:58:14 +0100 (BST)
From: Alex Blewitt <Alex.Blewitt@ioshq.com>
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Subject: Log4J as standard logging mechanism

I am writing to let you know that I believe there are some fundamental
flaws in the logging mechanism currently shipped with JDK 1.4. I believe
that these are well summarised in the document
  http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/docs/critique.html

In particular, multiple debugging levels (FINE, FINER, FINEST) are very
difficult to separate in real terms.

Additionally, having looked through the source code of both Log4J and the
associated JSR 47 specification, I believe that more work and test hours
have gone into the Log4J rather than JSR specifications.

As such, I believe that you should consider adopting the de-facto standard
of Log4J as the logging utility in Java, rather than settle for second
best.

Regards,

Alex Blewitt.

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