MacPorts Base: Support for a lower level of debug output, like ui_trace, or ui_debug2/ui_debug3?

[Christopher Nielsen]

Sounds good.

I’ll propose a few ideas over the next day or so, via the PR. And please feel free to do so as well.


> On 2021-06-02-W, at 11:19, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
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>> On 2021-6-2 23:39 , Christopher Nielsen wrote:
>> I absolutely support the package/namespace “named logger" approach. That concept is also used in the Java/.NET worlds, as well as others, and it's incredibly useful (and powerful). And since we’re already taking advantage of TCL namespaces, that provides a straightforward segregation scheme.
>> And ultimately that would be the way to go, as we evolve our logging support.
>> Short-term, though, I was hoping we could start with the simpler approach: Expand our debug granularity, to filter out less-useful info by default, but without removing the detail entirely. Indeed, there are some areas where I’d like to see /more/ detail - albeit, logged at level debug1 or lower - to help with troubleshooting.
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> This isn't an urgent change. Let's finish working out the design before we merge an implementation. To do otherwise is to invite technical debt.