Ronald Garcia wrote:
============================================== Review Wizard Status Report for November 2007 ==============================================
If you're library author and plan on submitting a library for review in the next 3-6 months, send Ron or John a short description of your library and we'll add it to the Libraries Under Construction below. We know that there are many libraries that are near completion, but we have hard time keeping track all of them. Please keep us informed about your progress.
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Logging ------- :Author: John Torjo
:Review Manager: Need Volunteer
:Download: http://torjo.com/log2/
:Description: Used properly, logging is a very powerful tool. Besides aiding debugging/testing, it can also show you how your application is used. The Boost Logging Library allows just for that, supporting a lot of scenarios, ranging from very simple (dumping all to one destination), to very complex (multiple logs, some enabled/some not, levels, etc). It features a very simple and flexible interface, efficient filtering of messages, thread-safety, formatters and destinations, easy manipulation of logs, finding the best logger/filter classes based on your application's needs, you can define your own macros and much more!
I have a question. I'm currently working on my own logging implementation (you may remember I've written about this work earlier) that I supposed to propose to Boost in the end, and I can see the enormous effort John have put into his implementation. Although my work is at the alpha stage, I intend to continue it regardless of the results of John's library review. My question is, will my library be needed in Boost if it accepts John's implementation? Would it be reasonable to bother everyone with yet another logging solution if Boost already has one? Are there any regulations or considerations on this? And another question. If my library goes on its own, is it possible to release it under the Boost license? PS: As a side note. I think, it might be a good idea to keep track on the libraries under development somewhere on the web-site.