Bug#393845: libglib2.0-0: glib error logging facilities provide no filtering or redirection

[Loïc Minier]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006, Joshua Rodman wrote:
> > > glib and libraries based on glib provide logging facilities with levels
> > > of severity for problems.  However, they do not provide any means to
> > > filter or reduce nuisance messages at runtime.  
> >  They do; programs are supposed to implement their own log handler if
> >  the default one doesn't fit.
> The key is "at runtime".  At runtime, the user cannot modify the logging
> handler, and cannot implement their own log handler, nor can they
> seperate out the warnings from the program's intended output.

 Yeah, but program can implement their log handler which offers runtime
 option to filter the logs...

> >  (I think you also got an answer from upstream.)
> The GTK developers insisted on interpreting the bug as a request to not
> issue warnings.  They did not address the ability to filter the warnings
> as a usability issue.

 I'm afraid you'll have to convince them, we certainly wont diverge with
 upstream on interfaces.

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Loïc Minier <lool at dooz.org>