[slf4j-user] sl4fj/osgi/jcl11

[Ceki Gulcu]

Costin wrote:

> You're right - I've overlooked this aspect. Would you consider adding a
> trace level then to slf4j  :) ?
> I recall reading about this in the official log4j documentation and I see
> that in the end, it did make it to the api.
> I understand that this is not log4j but still, it shows that there is
> demand for this logging level plus it makes migration easier since nothing
> has to be lost in the transition.
> Debug versus trace might seem like a small matter but I actually bumped
> into some problems since I have a code base where trace is used for
> low-level details such as loops or discovery and placing them as the same
> level as debug yields enormous amounts of logs.
> Basically, I end up with all or nothing and I need something in between.


The TRACE level has been requested many times in the past, both in log4j 
and in SLF4J. I guess that since people keep asking for it, we may as 
well yield to popular demand. :-)

BYW, would it be possible for you to provide a reference to the class 
generating the trace logs?

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