Delivered-To: cgu@qos.ch
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 21:45:08 +0200
From: Daniel Stephan <fastjack@tzi.de>
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To: java-logging-input@eng.sun.com
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Subject: log4j please

Hi,

I just read Ceki Gülcü's page at http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/docs/critique.html,
and would like to tell you my concern about your logging solution. I totally agree with Ceki.
Log4J is not just plain better, but widely used in the industry. Most people I have
talked to really like Log4J, some are right enthusiastic about it. With a reason imho.

Replacing the API should not be too much work, because it is already there and working.

It might be hard for you to just throw something away what you have worked on for
so many hours, but at the end it is just better to switch. Because you and Sun and Java
and the whole Java community will benefit from a well working logging solution being
part of Java 1.4.

Please realize that most developers won't use your Logging API anyway, they will stay with
Log4J because they like it. It is just plain better for everyone if you switch.


Pleeeeeeeease :-)


Best regards,

Daniel Stephan