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Added with tests and docs. + * (ms) Gianni Ceccarelli added the log4perl.utcDateTimes config + option to select UTC instead of localtime: + https://github.com/mschilli/log4perl/pull/53 + * (ms) @bokutin fixed Catalyst.pm buffer flush: + https://github.com/mschilli/log4perl/pull/51 + https://github.com/mschilli/log4perl/issues/54 + +1.44 (2014/05/17) + * (ms) Skipped mkpath umask tests on Win32 which doesn't support it + properly. + * (ms) Requiring core module File::Path 2.06_06, which has remove_tree() + (fixes test suite for ancient perl-5.6.2). + * (ms) Brian Wightman fixed temporary file cleanup in the test suite + for Win32: https://github.com/mschilli/log4perl/pull/45 + +1.43 (2014/03/16) + * (ms) Added %m{indent} to indent multi-line messages according to the + PatternLayout (inspired by Wolfgang Pecho) + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #84818] Deven T. Corzine suggested adding + a conditional use Win32 on Win32 platform to fix a + chicken-and-egg problem with the resurrector. + * (ms) Brian Wightman fixed Win32 log file cleanup in test suite + https://github.com/mschilli/log4perl/pull/39. New FAQ + entry on Win32 log file cleanup. + +1.42 (2013/07/25) + * (ms) BenRifkah Bergsten-Buret added ';!' for property configurator + comment delimiters: + https://github.com/mschilli/log4perl/issues/25 + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org 84723] Suppress error if close() in the file + appender in pipe mode returns "No child processes". + * (ms) Ronald J Kimball fixed a bug with the file appender's + create_at_logtime option in combination with + recreate_check_signal: + https://github.com/mschilli/log4perl/pull/28 + * (ms) Fixed additivity() modifications after init(): + https://github.com/mschilli/log4perl/issues/29 + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org 87191] Applied patch by Zefram for better + maintainable line number checks (and coping with 5.19 buggy + line numbering, cough, cough). + +1.41 (2013/04/21) + * (ms) [rt 81731] Added 'trace' level to Log4perl::Catalyst, as + suggested by Ashley Pond. + * (ms) Alexander Hartmaier added Log::Log4perl::Filter::MDC to filter + based on MDC key/value + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org 83193] The file appender now ignores owner/group + settings on all types of existing file system entries (previously, + this was only the case for actual files). + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org 84289] Documented Level.pm's isGreaterOrEqual() + comparator. + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #84725] Fixed test suite to allow running tests + in parallel via HARNESS_OPTIONS=j10:c HARNESS_TIMER=1. + Reported by Brendan Byrd. + +1.40 (2012/11/30) + * (ms) Denis Ibaev added support for DBI appender attributes. + * (ms) Chris Weyl put in a workaround for a DBD::CSV bug that + tripped our test suite. + * (ms) Tim Bunce provided a patch using Carp::confess() instead of die() + on the "Root Logger not initialized" message which pops up + during global construction to make it easier to find the + offending code. + * (ms) Cygwin masks MSWin32-ishness by setting $^O to "cygwin" and not + to "Win32". Modified check to catch both. + * (ms) Fixed unescaped brace in regex that perl 5.17.4 was complaining + about. + +1.39 (2012/10/27) + * (ms) Markus Benning reported that logcroak/confess/die stringify + their arguments, which gets in the way when throwing data + structures as exceptions. Added flag $STRINGIFY_DIE_MESSAGE. + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #80086] David Morel pointed out misleading + documentation in the Limiter composite appender. Fixed docs + and added C<appender_method_on_flush> parameter to support + appender flush calls by the limiter. + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #79960] Fabrice Gabolde asked for %X{x} to be + interpolated as NULL for the database appender if its value is + undef. The DBI appender now inits PatternLayout with the + undef_column_name parameter set to undef (defaults to "[undef]"). + * (ms) Updated license/copyright/author sections in all files using + licensizer and .licensizer.yml. + * (ms) Skipped log file recreation test on Win32 as it won't remove + busy files anyway. + +1.38 (2012/09/23) + * (ms) Bob Kleemann reported that logdie() in wrapper classes + printed incorrect caller lines. Fixed by adding + caller_depth_offset() utility to Log4perl.pm. + * (ms) Meir Guttman reported a use case for logging messages + with dynamic levels on log4perl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net. + Added to manual page. + * (ms) Implemented suggestion by Neil Hooey to check for and report + undefined message elements before they're assembled in Appender.pm + and a warning is issued without a proper code location: + https://github.com/mschilli/log4perl/issues/15 + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #78734] Added spell check on filter parameter names + +1.37 (2012/05/30) + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #75655] Meir Guttman found the module to make + Log::Log4perl::Appender::ScreenColoredLevels work on Win32, + updated docs. + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #76827] UTF-8 encoded configuration files are + now supported (see Log::Log4perl::Config). + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #77501] Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated + with perl 5.17. Times we live in. + +1.36 (2012/02/21) + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #74833] Reini Urban fixed "defined @array" for + perl 5.16 + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #74836] Cope with Carp's questionable decision to + add a trailing dot to its messages. + +1.35 (2012/01/03) + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #73462] Changed logwarn/logcluck/logcarp/error_warn + to warn() unconditionally and send the message to log4perl which + will log it only if the log level conditions are met. + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #73598] Gerda Shank reported test suite problems + with DBD::CSV-0.26. Bumped up to DBD::CSV-0.33 if installed. + +1.34 (2011/11/04) + * (ms) InternalDebug now replaces all instances of INTERNAL_DEBUG, + not just the first one. + * (ms) Added test case for get_logger() with a ref() on the actual + object instead of on a static category. Updated docs. + * (ms) %d{e} in PatternLayout now returns epoch seconds + * (ms) [RT 72056] Messages blocked by an appender threshold are no + longer passed on to the L4p::Appender::Buffer as undefined + entries. + +1.33 (2011/05/31) + * (ms) [RT 67132] Applied patch by Darin McBride to allow for + empty syswrite messages in the file appender. + * (ms) [RT 68105] Fixed init-hash handling of subroutine references, + reported by Frew Schmidt. + * (ms) Mike Schwern noticed confusing DESTROY calls to clean up loggers + and appenders (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5914088 and + https://github.com/mschilli/log4perl/issues/7), so I put on my + hazmat suit and cleaned it up. Now perl's garbage collector takes + care of disposing of logger and appender carcasses. + * (ms) Added Log::Log4perl->remove_logger($logger) to remove a logger + from the system. + +1.32 (2011/02/26) + * (ms) Fixed %T caller_depth with wrapper_register(), reported + by David Christensen. + * (ms) [RT 63053] Fixed for qw() {} deprecated (Todd Rinaldo) + * (ms) [RT 62674] Fixed call to deprecated form of UNIVERSAL::can (Karen + Etheridge). + * (ms) [RT 62896] Log::Log4perl::Appender::ScreenColoredLevels now + inherits from Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen and therefore + supports the utf8 flag. + * (ms) [RT 64318] Andrew Sayers provided a better error message for + "threshold needs to be uppercase". + * (ms) CharleyDixon fixed LOGWARN when :no_extra_logdie_message is + in use to no longer exit(). + +1.31 (2010/10/27) + * (ms) Fixed the number of skipped tests for Windows for previous fix + of [RT 60665]. + +1.30 (2010/08/30) + * (ms) [RT 60665] HUP handlers are stacked on top of each other now, + to make sure that multiple file appenders recreate multiple + files and not just one (patch provided by Karen Etheridge). + * (ms) [RT 60197] Fixed uninitialized value warnings with + the multiline appender and provided a test case (patch provided + by Karen Etheridge) + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #59617] Fixed system-wide threshold without appender + thresholds. Bug reported by Dmitry Bigunyak. + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #24884] Using require() instead of incomplete + logic in L4p::Util::module_available(). local __DIE__ + handler takes care of user-defined __DIE__ handlers + ignoring $^S (suggested by Eric Wilhelm and others). + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #60386] Fixed init_and_watch() which + double-bumped the caller_level and led to uninitialized + values in the pattern layout. Thanks to Mitja Bartsch for + the report. + * (ms) Applied patch by Karsten Silkenbäumer to add an optional + $log_dispatch_level to create_custom_level(). Updated + documentation. + +1.29 (2010/06/16) + * (ms) Added documentation on how to use Log4perl's :easy macros + with Catalyst in Log::Log4perl::Catalyst. + * (ms) wrapper_register() now deals with caller_depth automatically. + Backwards compatibility with old wrapper classes using + caller_depth directly is provided. Documentation has been + updated. + * (ms) Felix Antonius Wilhelm Ostmann reported Resurrector.pm + crashes, fixed as suggested by setting the %INC value to + the module path. + * (ms) Another caller_depth fix in Log::Log4perl::Catalyst. + * (ms) Fixed logdie() caller_depth bug reported by Rob Retter. + * (ms) [RT 56145] Saving errstr in DBI appender to survive ping() + * (ms) Added INTERNAL_DEBUG env variable to test suite triggering + all _INTERNAL_DEBUG statements to be printed for better + error diagnosis on misbehaving systems. + +1.28 (2010/02/24) + * (ms) Fixed caller stack with Buffer composite appender + * (ms) Fixed 'local caller_depth' error in various places. First + localizing a variable and then increasing it is incorrect, + as this ignores previous settings. The correct way of + increasing the caller level is: 'local depth = depth + 1'. + * (ms) Added Log::Log4perl::Catalyst for use in Catalyst applications. + +1.27 (2010/02/07) + * (ms) ***WARNING: This might break backward compatibility + with some wrapper classes. + [RT 52913] Fixed category fetching in + wrapper classes (reported by Martin Evans). Wrapper classes + now need to call Log::Log4perl->wrapper_register to adapt + get_logger() category fetching. Detailed docs under + "Using Log::Log4perl with wrapper functions and classes" + * (ms) Made meta tag compatible with MakeMaker versions < 6.50 + (ms) [RT 52083] Fixed manifest glitch from 1.26 (reported by + Lars Thegler). + * (ms) Added note to FAQ on 'no init happened' warnings for API + initializations, as suggested by Malcolm Nooning. + * (ms) Applied patch by Christopher Mckay which sets + Log4perl::Logger::INITIALIZED only if it's fully initialized. + * (ms) Emmanuel Rodriguez suggested changing TestBuffer's reset() + method to leave the logger population alone. Added clear() + to accomodate the need for a single buffer reset. + * (ms) Xavier Caron added %p{1} to allow abbreviated priority + strings in the pattern layout. + * (ms) Redid composite appenders to address problems with incorrect + caller() data. L4p now supports a $cache parameter to be + passed to the log() function, which stores the completely + rendered message and can be passed to log_cached() later on. + +1.26 (2009/11/22) + * (ms) [RT 50495] Perl code in the config file is now evaluated/ + compiled after the configuration parser has done its work, + opening up Perl subroutines to all configuration parsers, not + just PropertyConfigurator. Configuration subs for cspecs, + filter, warp_message and appender triggers are sheltered. + The previous, flawed implementation surfaced while using + a 'trigger' category, reported by Olivier Bilodeau. + * (ms) [RT 50090] Added non-portable linebreaks to PatternLayout + (requested by Zdeněk Juran). + * (ms) [RT 50094] Docfix for PatternLayout in main manpage (spotted + by Peter Rabbitson). + * (ms) [RT 28679] Added exists() to "Threshold" keyword uppercase + check. + * (ms) Took out Class::Prototyped testcase after it got all weird + and introduced backward-incompatible changes. + +1.25 (2009/09/27) + * (ms) Appender::File is now closing (or sysclosing) the file + on file_close() instead of just undef'ing the handle. + * (ms) Added l4p-tmpl helper script to help whipping up a new + log4perl configuration file. + * (ms) Fixed uninitialized warning on XML configuration files, + reported by jbkilian on the sourceforge mailing list. + * (ms) Applied patch [RT 43426] by AFF <aff@cpan.org> to have + appender_thresholds_adjust return number of appenders changed. + * (ms) [RT 34400] New :nostrict target which allows redefining a + category within a Log4perl configuration file without error + or even a warning. + * (ms) [RT 34401] Applied patch by Jae Gangemi, who fixed + code references in @INC on Win32 systems. + * (ms) [RT 32259] Patternlayout now supports %R, which returns the + number of milliseconds elapsed from last logging event to + the current logging event (thanks to Emmanuel Rodriguez for + the patch). + * (ms) [RT 30899] Color configuration and attribute support + added to ScreenColoredLevels appender by Jason Kohles. + * (ms) [RT 28987] If UNIVERSAL is available, appender existence is + now verified by checking can() on the appender's new() + method (applied modified patch by Gabriel Berriz). + +1.24 (2009/07/08) + * (ms) Fixed bug with Log::Log4perl::Util::tmpfile_name which + surfaced on VMS, reported by Ben Humphreys. + * (ms) Fixed system-wide threshold to no longer lower appender + thresholds. Bug reported by Jean-Denis Muys. + * (ms) Added benchmark to determine impact of eval-free handlers + * (ms) Merged with eval_free branch. Now there are no more + eval("") statements left in the code, making it much easier + to debug. Performance on init() is about the same, performance + on init_and_watch() (noops and logged statements alike) is + 25% slower but still in the range of 400,000/sec on my + 1.80Ghz CPU. + +1.23 (2009/05/12) + * (ms) DBI-1.608 removed a DBD::File 'feature' that allowed leaving + out parameters in a bound execute(). This caused the test + suite to fail (http://groups.google.com/group/perl.cpan.testers/browse_thread/thread/af1f5c875165c387). Fixed the test cases to pass the correct + number of parameters every time. + * (ms) Better error message in the DBI appender on bad SQL, missing + bind parameters, or other execute() errors. + * (ms) Made DBI test suite more robust against preexisting conditions + * (ms) Added force_next_check() for init_and_watch(), cleaned up + Config::Watcher code. + * (ms) Fixed test suite to run on Strawberry Perl on Win32 (reported + by kmx on https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=45983) + * (ms) Added 'utf8' option to screen appender and easy mode, some of + it suggested in + http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36673 by + Shantanu Bhadoria. + +1.22 (2009/05/02) + * (ms) is_xxx() returned true prior to L4p initialization. Fixed it + and adapted test suite. + * (ms) Added test cases on syswrite in recreate mode + * (ms) Applied patch by Jens Berthold <log4perl@jebecs.de> to + avoid semaphore cleanup in spawned children. + * (ms) Added %m{chomp} feature, 'message_chomp_before_newline' option, + and documentation on newlines and logging messages, all + suggested by Tim Bunce (see PatternLayout). + +1.21 (2009/03/16) + * (ms) Documentation typos fixed, reported by Breno G. de Oliveira + [rt.cpan.org #42428]. + * (ms) Fixed DBI appender error message, bug reported by DavidZ. + * (ms) Fixed [rt.cpan.org #43740] reported by Martin Koehler. Now using + proper POSIX return code EEXISTS instead of error message + depending on English locale. + +1.20 (2008/12/09) + * (ms) Using semctl to reset the value of the semaphore in the + Synchronized appender to prevent "Numerical result out of + range" problem caused by an unbalanced SEM_UNDO when + incrementing it. Reported by John Little. + * (ms) Added parameters in curly braces to cspecs in PatternLayout. + * (ms) As explained in http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=41505 + the latest LWP release (5.822) got rid of all of its internal + debugging functions, making infiltrate_lwp() and its test + case useless. Disabling it for LWP>=5.822. + +1.19 (2008/10/22) + * (ms) Applied patch by Peter Rabbitson, which fixes the caller() + level when calling get_logger() on a subclass of Log4perl. + * (ms) Added documentation on is_xxx() methods and clarified that + it doesn't necessarily mean that a message gets logged if + they're returning true (requested by Conway Allen via + [rt.cpan.org #39085]. + * (ms) Applied patch by Lee Johnson to appender_by_name() to allow + for undefined appender names without issuing a warning, + which was occurring with Catalyst::Log4perl. + * (ms) Added docs on numerical levels and level strings in + Log::Log4perl::Level. + * (ms) Applied patch by Anthony Foiani for support of literal + text in DateFormat format strings. + +1.18 (2008/08/23) + * (ms) Added explanation that categories and loggers are the same + thing (thanks to Rabbit). + * (ms) Fixed t/053Resurrect to work with 5.005_03 + * (ms) Added preinit_callback function for init_and_watch() + * (ms) Applied patch by Andy Grundman which speeds up is_LEVEL() + calls by skipping unnecessary string concatenations + (http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=38537). + * (ms) Applied patch by Jae Gangemi addding a no_warning option to the + socket appender + (http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=34399). + +1.17 (2008/07/19) + * (ms) Fixed test suite to run on Strawberry Perl on Win32. + * (ms) Added 'l4p' as a valid prefix in configuration files (equal + to 'log4j' and 'log4perl' now). + +1.16 (2008/05/15) + * (ms) Changed appender destruction during cleanup to show warning + messages thrown by destructors. Previously L4p ignored these + messages which caused failed DB flushes to go unnoticed with + the DB appender. + * (ms) Added explanation for Log4perl messages during global + destruction to FAQ. + * (ms) Corrected 'Trapper' listing in FAQ, thanks to Christian Reiber. + * (ms) Applied patch by Mitchell Perilstein for 5.005it and the + two-argument binmode() that 5.005 doesn't support. + (http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=34051) + * (ms) Applied patch by Emmanuel Rodriguez (POTYL) doing away with + hard-coded line numbers in 024WarnDieCarp.t to make it work + cpan2rpm for building RPM packages + (http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=35370) + * (ms) Fixed recreate_check_interval = 0 bug reported by + Bill Moseley. + * (ms) Added 'header_text' parameter to the file appender to + have it write a header every time it opens (or re-opens) + a new log file (suggested by Steven Lembark). + +1.15 (2008/02/10) + * (ms) appender_thresholds_adjust() with a parameter of 0 now + does nothing (requested by Oliver Koch). + * (kg) Added 'defer_connection' to Socket appender so it's more useful + under Apache. + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #32738] fixed caller_depth for error_warn() + (reported by Felix Antonius Wilhelm Ostmann) + * (ms) [rt.cpan.org #32942] fixed get_logger() for subclassed Log4perl + (reported by Felix Antonius Wilhelm Ostmann) + +1.14 (2007/11/18) + * (ms) Fixed test suite bug which surfaced in Darwin because temporary + files contain '++' which freaked out the sloppy regex match. + * (ms) Better handling of empty config files (reported by Robert Raisch) + * (ms) Rewrote the Synchronized appender to use semaphores exclusivly + (got rid of IPC::Shareable). + * (ms) Added Log::Log4perl::Util::Semaphore for easy semop handling + * (ms) Fixed t/026FileApp.t to work on MSWin32. + +1.13 (2007/10/11) + * (ms) Another doc fix by Craig + * (ms) Applied Fedora 7 patches + * (ms) Added create_at_logtime option to file appender + * (ms) Added trace level color (yellow) in ScreenColoredLevels + appender as suggested by Arvind Jayaprakash in + https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php? + func=detail&aid=1791445&group_id=56939&atid=482388 + +1.12 (2007/06/23) + * (ms) Added Log::Log4perl::Resurrector to resurrect commented-out + Log4perl statements in all subsequently loaded modules (allows + for deploying L4p-enabled CPAN modules without requiring L4p). + * (ms) Added ALWAYS easy mode macro (level=OFF) + * (ms) Fixed logconfess() frame level bug reported by Ali Mesdaq. + Added test case. + +1.11 (2007/05/29) + * (ms) Added PatternLayout::Multiline code by Cory Bennett to + render multiline messages. + * (ms) Added log level TRACE (lets through even more messages + than DEBUG) (suggested by Craig). + * (ms) Added 'syswrite' flag to file appender to have it use + 'syswrite' instead of 'print', avoiding buffered or + interleaving messages originating from different processes + (thanks to Evan Miller). + +1.10 (2007/03/27) + * (kg) Nikita Dedik pointed out that Saturday is missing from + @Log::Log4perl::DateFormat::WEEK_DAYS + * (ms) Scott Cline noticed a potential problem with the DBI + appender reconnection logic in 'buffered' mode. Applied + a patch. + * (ms) Changed DBI reconnect logic to perform even if the DB + is pingable again. + * (ms) Applied code by Valerio Valdez Paolini with modifications + to PropertyConfigurator.pm to allow pulling values from + the property configurator by path. + +1.09 (2007/02/07) + * (ms) Added $^S check to FAQ, as suggested by J. David Blackstone. + * (ms) Applied Robert Jacobson's patch for the "DDD" formatter + in L4p::DateFormats, which now formats the day-of-year values + numerically and precedes them with zeroes if necessary. + * (ms) Added %M{x} PatternLayout notation as requested by + Ankur Gupta. + * (ms) Another Win32 test suite fix, no longer deleting an open + file but moving it aside (rt.cpan:23520). + +1.08 2006/11/18 + * (ms) Applied test suite patch by Lars Thegler for + ancient perl 5.005_03. + * (ms) Applied patch by Jeremy Bopp to fix test suite running + under Cygwin. + * (ms) Fixed documentation bug in L4p:Appender::File, + s/recreate_signal/recreate_check_signal. Thanks to + Todd Chapman and Robert Jacobson for reporting this. + * (ms) Fixed init(), which now deletes any config file watchers + left over from previous init_and_watch() calls. Reported + by Andreas Koenig who saw sporadic errors in the test suite, + thanks! + +1.07 2006/10/11 + * (ms) Removed checks for unlink() in t/017Watch.t since they + failed on win32. + * (ms) Fixed doc bug in Appender::File reported by Robert + Jacobson. + * (ms) Added FAQ on why to use Log4perl and not another + logging system on CPAN. + * (ms) Fixed %M, %L, etc. level in logcarp/cluck/croak/confess + (thanks to Ateeq Altaf) + * (ms) Autocorrecting rootlogger/rootLogger typo + * (ms) Better warning on missing loggers in config sanity check + +1.06 2006/07/18 + * (ms) Applied patch by Robert Jacobson to fix day-of-year in + DateFormat, which was off by one. + * (ms) Added FAQ on syslog + * (ms) umask values for the file appender are now also accepted + in octal form (0xxx). + * (ms) The file appender now accepts owner/group settings of + newly created log files. + * (ms) Fixed appender cleanup, a bug caused composite appenders + to be cleaned up during global destruction, which caused an + ugly segfault with the Synchronized appender on FreeBSD. + +1.05 2006/06/10 + * (ms) Added recreate signal handler to L4p::Appender::File for + newsyslog support. Two new FAQ entries on dealing with + newsyslog and log files being removed by external apps. + * (ms) L4p::Config::Watch no longer sets the global $SIGNAL_CAUGHT by + default but uses an instance variable instead to prevent + clobbering L4p's config and watch mechanism. + * (ms) die() on undefined configuration (rt 18103 by justice8@wanadoo.fr) + * (ms) Hugh Esco submitted a FAQ on where to put logfiles + * (ms) Applied patch provided by Chia-liang Kao to suppress an error + message and skip tests in the suite when DBI is missing. + +1.04 2006/02/26 + * (ms) Duplicate log4perl directives, which previously just overwrote + existing ones, are no longer permitted and cause the config + parser to throw an error. + * (ms) If a conversion pattern was specified twice in a config + file, the output was "ARRAY(0x804da00)" (bug reported by + Bill Mason). Now, gobbling up property configurator values + into an array is limited to appender properties and + excludes the conversion pattern. + * (ms) Multiple calls to import (usually happens if 'use L4p' gets + called twice within the same namespace) caused nasty warnings, + bug reported by Greg Olszewski. Fixed by ignoring subsequent + calls from the same package to import(). + * (ms) Changed rendering of logdie/warn/cluck/croak/... messages + to fix a bug reported by Martin J. Evans. + * (ms) Added a L4p::Appender::String appender to handle the + rendering internally. + * (ms) Documentation patch by Matisse Enzer on increased/ + decreased log levels. + * (ms) Fixed stack trace level of logcarp() + * (ms) Carl Franks reported that the test suite failed on WinXP SP2 + because of a hardcoded /tmp - fixed by File::Spec->tempdir(). + * (ms) Added reconnect_attempts and reconnect_sleep parameters to + DBI appender. + * (ms) Bugfix for rt.cpan.org #17886 (tmp files in test suite) + +1.03 (2006/01/30) + * (ms) Some perl-5.6.1 installations have a buggy Carp.pm. Skipping + 4 test cases for these. Reported by Andy Ford and Matisse Enzer. + * (ms) The DBI appender now reconnects on stale DB connections. + * (ms) Fixed Win32 test bug as reported in + http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=17436 by barbie. + Instead of deleting a file still in use by an appender (which + Windows doesn't like), the file gets now truncated. + +1.02 (2005/12/10) + * (ms) Adapted t/006Config-Java.t to cope with Win32 path separators + * (ms) Corrected typo in Chainsaw FAQ, reported by Bernd Dirksen. + * (ms) Brian Edwards noticed that (Screen, File) were missing a + base class declaration, causing $logger->add_appender() to + fail. Fixed with test case. + * (ms) Log::Log4perl::Appender::File now handles the case where the + logfile suddenly disappears. + * (ms) Fixed section indentation in main man page + * (ms) Converted Ceki's last name to UTF-8 (a historic step!) + +1.01 (09/29/2005) + * (ms) Added 'utf8' and 'binmode' flags to Log::Log4perl::Appender::File + per suggestion by Jonathan Warden. + * (ms) Made test cases 003Layout.t and 033UsrCspec.t resilient against + broken ActiveState 5.8.4 and 5.8.7. + * (ms) Skipped failing test cases for 5.005, looks like the caller() level + in carp() is wrong, but not worth fixing. + * (ms) Fixed the bug with the caller level of the first + log message sent after init_and_watch() detected a change. Added + test case to 027Watch2.t. + * (ms) Added FAQ on UTF-8. + * (ms) Applied patch by David Britton, improving performance during + the init() call. + * (ms) Fixed bug https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14776 + to prevent it from modifying $_. Thanks to Steffen Winkler. + +1.00 (08/13/2005) + * (ms) Added tag qw(:no_extra_logdie_message) to suppress duplicate + die() messages in scripts using simple configurations and LOGDIE(). + Added logexit() as an alternative way. + * (ms) Fixed bug with logcarp/croak/cluck, which were using the + wrong Carp level. + * (kg) Fixing bug in Appender::Limit regarding $_ scope + * (ms) corrected typo in Synchronized.pm found by Rob Redmon. + * (ms) Fixed bug with Appender::File reported by Michael Smith. Checking + now if print() succeeds, catching errors with full disks and + ulimit'ed environments. + * (ms) Added LOGCARP(), LOGCLUCK(), LOGCONFESS(), LOGCROAK() macros + in :easy mode (suggested by Jud Dagnall). + * (ms) $INITIALIZED now gets reset during logger cleanup. + +0.52 (05/08/2005) + * (ms) Jonathan Manning <jmanning@alisa-jon.net> provided a patch + for DateFormat.pm to fix 3-letter month abbreviations and a + shortcut to simulate Apache's log format. + * (kg) Ola Finsbraaten provided a patch to provide a better error + message when a logger is defined twice in a config. + +0.51 (01/08/2005) + * (ms) Jon Bjornstad noticed that the file appender wasn't including + $! in the die() exception thrown if open_file() fails. Added it. + * (ms) Added umask option to file appender + * (ms) Fix to L4p::Util::module::available() for Win32 + compliance by Roger Yager <roger.yager@eyestreet.com> + * (ms) Added check to L4p::Util::module_available() returning true + if the pm file is available in %INC, indicating that it has + already been loaded. This fixes a problem when running L4p + in a PAR binary. + * (ms) Added remove_appender() and eradicate_appender() method to + Logger.pm, test cases and documentation on the main Log4perl + page. + * (ms) Added a generic buffered composite appender, L4p::Appender::Buffer, + buffering messages until a trigger condition is met. + +0.50 (12/08/2004) + * (ms) Added ':resurrect' source filter, which uncomments all lines + starting with "###l4p". Can be used for hidden L4p statements, + which are then activated by calling + 'use Log::Log4perl qw(:resurrect)'. + * (ms) Fixed Win32 test suite bug: File::Spec->catfile() returns '/' + as a path separator on both Unix and Win32, while Log4perl's + layouts (derived from caller() info) use '\' on Win32 and '/' + on Unix. Changed tests to only verify file name, not path. + * (ms) Added 'appender_by_name()' to retrieve an appender defined + in the configuration file by name later. + * (ms) Added FAQ on "stubbing out" L4p macros in environments + that don't have L4p installed. + * (ms) Added convenience function appender_thresholds_adjust() to adjust + thresholds of chosen (or all) appenders + * (ms) Got rid of Test::Simple dependency + * (ms) Moved autoflush setting in L4p::Appender::File from log() + to file_open(), running only once, not with every message. + * (ms) Applied doc fixes suggested by Jon Bjornstad. + * (ms) Added ScreenANSIColor appender to colorize messages based on + their priority. See Log::Log4perl::Appender::ScreenANSIColor. + +0.49 (11/07/2004) + * (ms) init_and_watch() no longer die()s on reloading syntactically + wrong configuration files but issues a warning and then + reloads the last working config. + * (ms) init() now also accepts an open file handle (passed in as a + glob) to a configuration file or a ref to an IO::File object. + * (ms) Jos I. Boumans <kane@xs4all.net> and + Chris Winters <chris@cwinters.com> reported an error thrown + by L4p in their app SPOPS: During global construction. Looks + like the Logger object's internal hash is cleared and then + the is_<level> method gets called, resulting in a runtime + exception. Added proposed remedy checking if the called + method is defined by ref. + * (ms) Added check to init_and_watch if obtaining the mod + timestamp failed. + +0.48 (08/20/2004) + * (ms) fixed bug reported by Chip Salzenberg <chip@pobox.com>: logdie() + and logwarn() are now compliant with the warn() and die() + standard which suppresses the "at file line x" message if + the message ends with a "\n". + * (ms) New interface for custom config parsers. + Log::Log4perl::Config::BaseConfigurator now provides a base class + for new config parsers. Init can now be called like + Log::Log4perl->init($parser) with a parser object, which is + derived from Log::Log4perl::Config::BaseConfigurator and + provides a parse() method (no arguments). The file (or whatever) + to be parsed can be set by calling $parser->text(\@lines) or + $parser->file($name) before calling L4p->init($parser). + The Property, DOM and LDAP configurators have been + adapted, check their implementation for details. + * (ms) Added integrity check for Log4perl configurations: Log4perl + now issues a warning if a configuration doesn't define any + appenders. Should anyone not like this, it can be turned + off by setting $L4p::Config::CONFIG_INTEGRITY_CHECK = 0 + before calling init(). + * (ms) Fixed bug reported by Johannes Kilian <jok@vitronic.com> + with __DIE__ handler and "PatternLayout" shortcut. Replaced + 'eval { require ... }' by L4p::Util::module_available in + L4p::Config.pm. + * (ms) Did away with $IS_LOADED internal variable. + * (ms) Fixed bug with L4p::INITIALIZED vs. L4P::Logger::INITIALIZED, + added t/020Easy2.t. + * (ms) Added adm/cvskwexp script to check if we're running into CVS + trouble because of <dollar>Log keyword expansion. + +0.47 (07/11/2004) + * (ms) Added suggestion by Hutton Davidson <Davidson.Hutton@ftid.com> + to make the socket appender more forgiving. New option + "silent_recovery" will silently ignore errors and recover + if possible on initiallly dead socket connections. + * (ms) Fixed bug with initialized() -- checking once caused + subsequent calls to return true. + * (ms) run t/045Composite.t only if Storable is installed -- earlier + perl versions (like 5.6.1) don't have it by default. + * (ms) fixed test case in t/020Easy.t for buggy perl 5.6.1 + * (ms) added Log::Log4perl::infiltrate_lwp() to make LWP::UserAgent + play in the L4p framework upon request. + * (ms) perl 5.00503 mysteriously core dumps in t/017Watch.t, seems like + this was introduced in 0.46. Disabled these tests for now + if we're on 5.00503 to avoid installation hickups. Longer term, + need to investigate. + +0.46 (06/13/2004) + * (ms) removed superfluous eval() in Log4perl.pm, reported anonymously + on the CPAN bugtracker. + * (ms) Added a cleanup() function to Logger.pm which is used by an + END {} block in Logger.pm to tear down all Loggers/Appenders + before global destruction kicks in. In addition, Kevin found + that the eval "" is the cause of an Appender memleak. Moved + assignment variable out of the eval to plug the leak. + Added $Log::Log4perl::CHATTY_DESTROY_METHODS, which shows + what L4p objects are destroyed and when. + * (ms) Kevin's idea is in now, on localizing $? in the L4p global END {} + block. It prevents logdie() et. al from exiting with unwanted + exit codes when global cleanup / global destruction modifies $?, + as seen by Tim with the Email appender. + * (ms) Dave Viner <dviner@yahoo-inc.com> added isLevelEnabled() methods + as aliases to is_level(). + +0.45 (05/23/2004) + * (ms) fix for t/045Composite.t on perl 5.6.1 by Jeff Macdonald + <jeff.macdonald@e-dialog.com> (specify number of test cases, + getting rid of no_plan). + * (ms) Dennis Gregorovic <dgregor@redhat.com> provided a patch to + protect applications who are tinkering with $/. It is set + to "\n" now locally when L4p is reading the conf file. Added + a test case to t/004Config.t. + * (ms) Fixed a documentation error with initialized(), pointed + out by Victor Felix <vfelix@tigr.org>. + +0.44 (04/25/2004) + * (ms) added filename() method to L4P::Appender::File as suggested + by Lee Carmichael <lecar_red@yahoo.com> + * (ms) added RRDs appender Log::Log4perl::Appender::RRDs and testcases + * (ms) fixed Log::Log4perl::Appender to check if a an appender package + has already been loaded and skip 'require' in this case. + Packages injected via Class::Prototyped caused an error with this. + * (ms) Extended the FAQ's "How can I write my own appender?" on + how to dynamically create new appenders via Class::Prototyped. + +0.43 (03/22/2004) + * (ms) Applied patch by Markus Peter <warp@spin.de> for 'pipe' + mode in Log::Log4perl::Appender::File + * (ms) Added composite appender Log::Log4perl::Appender::Limit to + limit message delivery to adjustable time windows. + * (ms) Fixed last 033UsrCspec.t test case to run on Win32 as well + (path fixed). + * (ms) Lars Thegler <lars@thegler.dk> provided a patch to keep + compatibility with 5.005_03. + * (ms) Added a patch to avoid warnings on undefined MDC values referenced + via %X in PatternLayout. Now, the string "[undef]" is used. Bug + was reported by Ritu Kohli <Ritu.Kohli@ubs.com> + +0.42 (02/14/2004) + * (kg) added filters to XML DOMConfig and DTD + * (ms) Fixed caller level to cspecs by adding one + * (ms) Added init_once() and documentation + * (ms) Worked around the perl bug that triggers __DIE__ handlers + even if die() occurs within an eval(). So if you did + BEGIN { $SIG{__DIE__} = sub { print "ouch!"; die }; } + use Log::Log4perl; + and Time::HiRes wasn't available, the + eval { require Time::HiRes } + in PatternLayout.pm triggered the __DIE__ handler. Now there's + a function module_available() in L4p::Util to check if a + module is installed. + * (ms) Fixed %M cspec in PatternLayout in case a logging + method is called within one (or more) eval {} block(s). + caller(n+m) will be called repeatedly if necessary + to get the next real subroutine. Anonymous subroutines will + still be called __ANON__, but this can be overridden by + defining + local *__ANON__ = "subroutine_name"; + in them explicitely (thanks, Perlmonks :). + +0.41 (12/12/2003) + * (ms) Applied documentation update for Synchronized appender, suggested + by David Viner E<lt>dviner@yahoo-inc.comE<gt> + * (ms) Added option to Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout to + enable people to provide their own timer functions. + +0.40 (11/11/2003) + * (ms) perl 5.005_03 fix for l4p::Appender::Synchronized + * (ms) Fixed a bug in 0.39 (thanks to James King for finding) which + caused composite appenders like Synchronized to just use + SimpleLayout. With the fix, composite appenders are now relaying + messages unmodified to their delegates, which can then apply + any layout they desire. + * (ms) Added file_open(), file_close() and file_switch() to + l4p::Appender::File + +0.39 (10/23/2003) + * (kg) fixed bug in interaction between Logger::Level and Level::is_valid + so that now you can do $logger->level('INFO') instead of just $INFO. + * (ms) Added logic for 'composite appenders'. Appenders can now be + configured to relay messages to other appenders. Added + Log::Log4perl::Appender::Synchronized, an appender guaranteeing + atomic logging of messages via semaphores. + * (ms) Added basic substitution to PropertyConfigurator. Now you can + define variables (like in "name=value") and subsequent patterns + of "${name}" will be replaced by "value" in the configuration file. + * (kg) Followed Mike's lead and added variable substitution to the + DOMConfigurator. + * (ms) Added Log::Log4perl::Appender::Socket as a simple Socket + appender featuring connection recovery. + +0.38 (09/29/2003) + * (kg) fixed bug where custom_levels beneath DEBUG didn't work + * (ms) fixed 5.00305 incompatibility reported by + Brett Rann <brettrann@mail.com> (constants with leading _). + * (ms) Log::Log4perl->easy_init() now calls ->reset() first to make sure + it's not duplicating the existing logging environment. Thanks + to William McKee <william@knowmad.com> for bringing this up. + * (ms) fixed bug with error_die() - printed the wrong function/line/file. + Reported by Brett Rann <brettrann@mail.com>. + * (ms) added %T to PatternLayout as a stack traced as suggested by + Brett Rann <brettrann@mail.com>. + +0.37 (09/14/2003) + * (kg) adjusting tests for XML::Parser 2.32 having broken + XML::DOM 1.42 and lower + * (ms) Added signal handling to init_and_watch + * (ms) renamed l4p-internal DEBUG constant to avoid confusion with + DEBUG() and $DEBUG as suggested by Jim Cromie <jcromie@divsol.com>. + * (ms) Applied patch by Mac Yang <mac@proofpoint.com> for + Log::Log4perl::DateFormat to calculate the timezone for the 'Z' + conversion specifier. + +0.36 (07/22/2003) + * (ms) Matthew Keene <mkeene@netspace.net.au> suggested to have + an accessor for all appenders currently defined -- added + appenders() method + * (ms) Test case 041SafeEval.t didn't share $0 explicitely and + created some warnings, fixed that with (jf)'s help. + * (ms) Added performance improvements suggested by + Kyle R. Burton <mortis@voicenet.com>. is_debug/is_info/etc. + are now precompiled, similar to the debug/info/etc. methods. + * (ms) Added a fix to have is_debug()/is_info()/etc. pay + attention to on-the-fly config file changes via init_and_watch(). + * (ms) Fixed bug that reloaded the config under init_and_watch() + every time the check period expired, regardless if the config + file itself had changed. Added test case. + +0.35 06/21/2003 + * (kg) got rid of warnings during make test in 014ConfErrs.t + added user-defined hooks to JavaMap + * Jim Cromie <jcromie@divsol.com> provided a patch to get + rid of deprecated our-if syntax in Level.pm + * (ms) removed test case for RollingFileAppender because of recent + instability. Added dependency for Log::Dispatch::RollingFile 1.10 + in Log/Log4perl/JavaMap/RollingFileAppender.pm. + +0.34 06/08/2003 + * (ms) James FitzGibbon <james.fitzgibbon@target.com> noticed a major + bug in Log::Log4perl::Appender::File and provided a patch. Problem + was that 0.33 was reusing the same file handle for every opened file, + causing all messages to end up in the same file. + +0.33 05/30/2003 + * (kg) CPAN rt#2636, coordinating XML::DOM version required across modules + and unit tests + * (ms) Removed Log::Dispatch dependency, added standard + Log::Log4perl::Appender appenders File and Screen. + Log::Dispatch is still supported for backwards compatibility + and special purpose appenders implemented within this hierarchy. + +0.32 05/17/2003 + * (ms) Added fix to Makefile.PL to compensate for MakeMaker bug + in perl < 5.8.0, causing man pages below Log::Log4perl::Config + not to be installed. Thanks to Mathieu Arnold <mat@mat.cc> + for bringing this up. + * (ms) 0.31 had a Win32 test suite glitch, replaced getpwuid() + (not implemented) by stat() for Safe test. + +0.31 05/08/2003 + * (kg) fixed bug Appender::DBI where it was consuming the message + array before other appenders could get to it + * (ms) changed config_and_watch to ignore clock differences between + system time and file system time (helpful with skewed NFS + systems). Added Log::Log4perl::Config::Watch. + * James FitzGibbon <james.fitzgibbon@target.com>: Added support for + optionally restricting eval'd code to Safe compartments. + * (ms) allow/deny code in configuration files should now be controlled + via the accessor Log::Log4perl::Config->allow_code(0/1). + $Log::Log4perl::ALLOW_CODE_IN_CONFIG_FILE is still supported + for backwards compatibility. + +0.30 03/14/2003 + * (ms) Added Log4perl custom filter logic and standard filter set + * (kg) Added url support to init(), finally documenting it + * (kg) Finished implementation of DOMConfigurator allowing xml configs. + * (ms) Corrected DateFormat inconsistencies as reported by + Roger Perttu <roger.perttu@easit.se> + +0.29 01/30/2003 + * (kg) Removing debugging from 0.28, big woops + * (kg) Fixing 036JSyslog.t, Syslog implementations are too often broken + to base any results on. + * (kg) Fixing XML-DOM tests, Data::Dumper doesn't return data exactly the + same way. + +0.28 (01/28/2003) + * (ms) '#' in the conf file are now interpreted as comment starters only + if they're at the start of a line with optional whitespace. + The previous setting (comments starting anywhere) had problems + with code containing '#''s, like in layout.cref = sub { $#_ = 1 } + * (ms) warp_message accepts code refs or function names + * (kg) Split config bits into PropertyConfigurator and implemented + DOMConfigurator for XML configs. + * (kg) Adding appender.warp_message parameter as a help to DBI + appender + * (kg) Added NoopLayout to help DBI appender + * (ms) Added message output filters: + log({filter => \&filter, value => $value}) + * (kg) t/024WarnDieCarp was assuming / as directory separator, failed + on Win32 + * (kg) implemented JavaMaps for NTEventLogAppender, SyslogAppender + * (kg) found and addressed circular ref problem in Logger->reset + * (kg) moved TestBuffer under Appender/ directory along with DBI + * (kg) fixed docs, Pattern layout, %f not supported, s/b %F + * (kg) added Log::Log4perl::Appender::DBI to implement JDBCAppender + * (ms) Every value in the config file can now be a perl function, + dynamically replaced by its return value at configuration + parse time + * (ms) NDC now prints entire stack, not just + top element (as mandated by Log4j) + * (ms) Allow trailing spaces after a line-breaking '\' in the + config file to be fault-tolerant on cut-and-pasted code + +0.27 12/06/2002 + * (ms) Updated FAQ with "Recipes of the Week" + * (ms) Added Log::Log4perl::NDC (Nested Diagnostic Contexts) and + Log::Log4perl::MDC (Mapped Diagnostic Contexts) + * (ms) LOGDIE and LOGWARN added to stealth loggers + * (ms) Logging methods ($lo->debug(), $lo->info() ...) now return + a value, indicating the number of appenders that the message + was propagated to. If the message was suppressed due to level + constraints, undef is returned. Updated manpage (new section + "return values"). + * (ms) Fixed bug reported by Francisco Olarte Sanz. + <folarte@peoplecall.com>: ISO date format and documentation mixed + up MM with mm in the simple date format + * (kg) User-defined conversion specifiers for PatternLayout in + configuration file and as C API + * (kg) implementing map to log4j.RollingFileAppender + * (kg) trying out oneMessagePerAppender parameter + * (kg) changed unit tests to use File::Spec + +0.26 11/11/2002 + * (kg) enabled %l (was missing from PatternLayout::define) + * (kg) got rid of "Use of uninitialized value in join or string" message + when some of $logger->debug(@array) when some of @array are undef + * (ms) Stealth loggers and documentation + * (kg) Better error message for case reported by Hai Wu + * (ms) Added Log/Log4perl/FAQ.pm, which the homepage links to + * (ms) Took dependency on Test::More and Test::Simple out of the PPD file + because of a problem with Activestate 5.6.1 reported + by James Hahn <jrh3@att.com> + * (ms) Added Log::Dispatch equivalent levels to the Log4perl loggers, + which are passed on the Log::Dispatch appenders now according + to the priority of the message instead of the default "DEBUG" + setting + * (ms) Added %P process ID to PatternLayout as suggested by + Paul Harrington <Paul-Harrington@deshaw.com>. Also added + %H as hostname + * (kg) Added %min.max formatter to PatternLayout + * (ms) Updated docs for Log::Log4perl::DateFormat + +0.25 10/06/2002 + * (ms) backwards-compatibility with perl 5.00503 + * (ms) added system-wide threshold, fixed java-app thresholds + * (kg) Nested configuration structures for appenders like L::D::Jabber + * (ms) ::Log4perl::Appender::threshold() accepts strings or integer + levels (as submitted by Aaron Straup Cope <asc@vineyard.net>) + * (ms) Fixed logdie/logwarn caller(x) offset bug reported by + Brian Duffy <Brian.Duffy@DFA.STATE.NY.US> + * (ms) dies now on PatternLayout without ConversionPattern (helps detecting + typos in conf files) + +0.24 09/26/2002 + * (kg) Fix for init_and_watch and test cases + * (ms) Added documentation for Log::Log4perl::Config + * (ms) Added log4perl.additivity.loggerName conf file syntax + * (ms) Assume Log::Log4perl::Layout prefix of 'relative' + layout class names in conf file (say 'SimpleLayout' + instead of 'Log::Log4perl::Layout::SimpleLayout'). + * (ms) accidently appending a ';' at the end of an appender + class in a conf file now spits out a reasonable error message + * (ms) added a by_name() method to TestBuffer to retrieve an + instance of the TestBuffer population by name instead of + relying on the order of creation via POPULATION[x] + (for testing only). + * (kg) Win32 compatibility fixes + +0.23 09/14/2002 + * Both Log4perl/log4perl is now accepted in conf file + * Added documentation to Log::Log4perl::Appender + * Made Time::HiRes optional. If it's missing, PatternLayout will + just use full seconds as %r. + * SimpleDateFormat "%d{HH:SS}", including predefined formats (DATE etc.) + * Added another cut-and-paste example to the docs (EXAMPLE) + * Added new logdie/logwarn/error_warn/error_die/logcarp/ + logcluck/logcroak/logconfess functions written by + Erik Selberg <erik@selberg.com> + * Added PatternLayout documentation + * Changed suppression of duplicate newline in log message algorithm + * Custom levels and inc_level/dec_level/more_logging/less_logging + added by Erik Selberg <erik@selberg.com> + * Append to logfile by default if Log::Dispatch::File is used + (previously clobbered by default) + * Kevin's init_and_watch fix + +0.22 8/17/2002 + * Threshold settings of appenders: + $appender->threshold($ERROR); + log4j.appender.A.Threshold = ERROR + * Chris R. Donnelly <cdonnelly@digitalmotorworks.com> + submitted two patches: + - extended init() to take obj references (added, also added a test + case and documentation) + - fixed %F and %L if Log4perl is used by a wrapper class (accepted, + but changed variable name to Log::Log4perl::caller_depth as + a tribute to Log::Dispatch::Config, added test case 022Wrap + and documentation + +0.21 8/08/2002 + * Synopsis shows code samples in Log4perl.pm/README + * Slight Log4j incompatibility but useful: %F{n} lets you + limit the number of entries the source file path is logged + * Erik W. Selberg (erik@selberg.com) suggested having PatternLayout.pm + suppress another \n if the messages already contains a \n and the + format requires a %n. Done. + * Erik W. Selberg (erik@selberg.com) suggested loggers should take + any number of messages and concatenate them. Done. + * Fixed double-init problem and added a test case. Now the entire + configuration is cleared before the second init(). However, this + surfaced a problem with init_and_watch: If a program obtains + references to one or more loggers, rewriting the configuration + file during program execution and re-initing makes these reference + point to loggers which hold obsolete configurations. Fixed that by + code in debug(), info(), etc. which *replaces* (shudder) the + logger reference the program hands in to them with a new one of + the same category. This happens every time if 'init_and_watch' has + been enabled. However, this introduces a small runtime penalty. + This is different from the original log4j, which does some + half-assed re-initialization, because Java isn't expressive enough + to allow for it. Making this thread-safe might be tough, though. + * Added DEBUG statements to Logger.pm and Config.pm to trace execution + (debugging won't work because of "eval"s). Both files define a + constant named DEBUG towards the top of the file, which will + have perl optimize away the debug statements in case it's set to 0. + * A warning is issued now (once) if init() hasn't been called or + no appenders have been defined. + * Added ':levels' target to Log::Log4perl to import $DEBUG, $ERROR, + etc. levels (just like 'use Log::Log4perl::Level' works). + * Added ':easy' target to allow for simple setup + * Code references can be passed in as log messages to avoid parameter + passing penalty + +0.20 7/23/2002 + * Strip trailing spaces in config file + * Accept line continuations in properties file + * Refactored Logger.pm for speed, defined the logging behavior when + the logger is created, not when a message is logged + * Fixing test suites so that SimpleFormat newline is accounted for + * Fixed a bug with root inheritance where the category name wasn't + coming through + * added init_and_watch + +0.19 07/16/2002 + * Added Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer back in the distribution, otherwise + regression test suite would fail. + +0.18 07/16/2002 + * Failed attempt to fix the Log::Dispatch::Buffer problem. + +0.17 07/11/2002 + * Updated documentation according to Dave Rolsky's suggestions + * Lots of other documentation fixes + * Fixed bug in renderer, %M was displayed as the logger function + bumped up the level by 1 + * Fixed %% bug + +0.16 07/10/2002 + * Updated documentation for CPAN release + * Applied Kevin's patch to limit it to one Log::Dispatcher + +0.15 07/10/2002 + * There were name conflicts in Log::Dispatch, because we used *one* + Log::Dispatch object for the *all* loggers in the Log::Log4perl + universe (it still worked because we were using log_to() for + Log::Dispatch to send messages to specific appenders only). Now + every logger has its own Log::Dispatch object. Logger.pm doesn't + call Kevin's anti-dupe logic anymore -- is this ok? Maybe there's + some leftovers which need to be cleaned up. + * Kevin fixed t/014ConfErrs.t after last night's Appender.pm change + +0.14 07/09/2002 + * (!) Added new class Log::Log4perl::Appender as a wrapper around + Log::Dispatch::*. Layouts are no longer attached to the loggers, + but to the appenders instead. $app->layout($layout) sets the + layout. $logger->add_appender($app) is the new syntax to add + an appender to a logger. The $logger->layout method is gone + for that reason. + * Added documentation on categories + * Added documentation on Log::Log4perl::Appender, + Log::Log4perl::Layout::SimpleLayout, + Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout. + +0.13 07/09/2002 + * in the config files, 'debug' is not a level, 'DEBUG' is + * expanded the layouts so that we can add subclassess, added + SimpleLayout, note that api usage changes + -$logger->layout('buf',"The message is here: %m"); + +$logger->layout(new + Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout('buf',"The message is + here: %m")); + * did benchmarks, see doc/benchmark*, t/013Bench.t + * further tweaked errors for bad configuration, added a test for those + +0.12 07/08/2002 + * Log::Log4perl::Logger->get_logger now accessible via + Log::Log4perl->get_logger() + * Log::Log4perl::Config->init now accessible via + Log::Log4perl->init() + * Adapted test cases to new shortcuts + * Constrained some files to 80 chars width + * Added test case t/009Deuce.t for two appenders in one category + via the config file + * Changed default layout in case there's none defined (SimpleLayout) + * Implemented dictatory date format for %d: yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm:ss + +0.11 07/07/2002 + * added documentation to Log/Log4perl.pm + * added is_debug/is_error/is_info etc. functions to Logger.pm, + test cases to t/002Logger.t + +0.10 07/05/2002 + * %p should return level name of the calling function, so + $logger->warn('bad thing!!') should print 'WARN - bad thing' + even if the category is set to debug, so took level_str out of + Logger.pm (kg) + +0.09 07/03/2002 + * %p should return level name, not number, adding level_str to Logger.pm (kg) + * Level.pm - discriminating: priorities are 1-4, levels are + 'info','debug',etc (kg) + +0.08 07/03/2002 + * Non-root loggers are working now off the config file + +0.07 07/02/2002 + * Updated documentation + * removed "diagnostics" + +0.06 07/01/2002 + * Bug discovered by Kevin Goess <cpan@goess.org>, revealed + in 004-Config.t: Wrong layout used if Appender is inherited. + Fixed. + * Changed Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer to keep track of the + object population -- so we can easily reference them + in the Log::Log4perl test cases. Got rid of get_buffer(). + * Added a reset() method to Log::Log4perl and Log::Log4perl::Logger + for easier testing. It resets all persistent loggers to + the inital state. + * Added documentation + +0.05 06/30/2002 + * Fixed bug with mapped priorities between java/Log::Dispatch + * Java/Perl integration with conf file + +0.04 06/30/2002 + * Layout tests + * %r to layout + * Added lib4j configuration file stuff and tests + +0.03 06/30/2002 + * Layout + * Curly braces in Layout first ops + +0.02 06/30/2002 + * Created Logger and test cases + +0.01 06/22/2002 + * Where it all began + +TODO List: +################################################## + * Layout.pm: '%t' + * Wild idea: Could we possibly utilize the compiler + frontend to eliminate log statements that are not going to be + triggered? This would be a HUGE performance increase! + * get_logger() thread safety (two try to create it at the same time) + * Thread safety with re-reading the conf file (watch) + * log4j.logger.blah = INHERITED, app |