On 11/13/24 23:03, Left Right via Python-list wrote:
>> On any Unix system this is untrue. Rotating a log file is quite simple:
>
> I realized I posted this without cc'ing the list:
> http://jdebp.info/FGA/do-not-use-logrotate.html .
>
> The link above gives a more detailed description of why log rotation
> on the Unix system is not only not simple, but is, in fact,
> unreliable.
Having read the linked article, I see it is not relevant to Python, as Python's
logging tool is
the writer/rotator program, thus no window for lost entries exists.
> NB. Also, it really rubs me the wrong way when the word "standard" is
> used to mean "common" (instead of "as described in a standard
> document").
Yes, that is irritating.
> And when it comes to popular tools, oftentimes "common"
> is wrong because commonly the tool is used by amateurs rather than
> experts. In other words, you only reinforced what I wrote initially:
> plenty of application developers don't know how to do logging well.
> It also appears that they would lecture infra / ops people on how to
> do something that they aren't experts on, while the latter are :)
Well, since this is a Python list, perhaps you could make sure your advice is also Python appropriate. I appreciate
diversions into general areas and learning new things, but your general claims were untrue when it comes to Python
specifically, and that was unclear until I read your linked post.
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