Delivered-To: cgu@qos.ch
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:31:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nate Sammons <nate_sammons@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: nate@protomatter.com
Subject: Input on JSR 47
To: java-logging-input@eng.sun.com
Cc: cgu@qos.ch


Hello,

Thanks for taking the time to read this.  The proposal to
include a standard logging API in the JDK has become quire a
contentious issue recently.

I think I'm qualified to comment on this matter, as I am the
developer and maintanier of another OpenSource Java logging API:
 Protomatter Syslog (http://protomatter.sourceforge.net).  I
read the JSR 47 proposal, and was quite disappointed with it.

It is clear that JSR 47 has not been developed over time, like
Log4J and my own system.  Both are far more mature and have the
benefit of having been extensively tested in the field for ease
of use, speed, and compactness in-memory.  Both offer rock-solid
stability, easy configuration and far more customization
possibilities than JSR 47 does.

While I would (for obvious reasons) rather have my own API
included in the JDK, I would much rather see Log4J become the
standard API than what I have seen thus-far for JSR 47.

thank you,

-nate sammons




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Nate Sammons                         nate@protomatter.com

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