[logback-dev] [JIRA] Created: (LBCORE-230) System Properties should override properties in logback.xml (not the other way around)

[Eric Sirianni (JIRA)]

System Properties should override properties in logback.xml (not the other way around)
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                 Key: LBCORE-230
                 URL: http://jira.qos.ch/browse/LBCORE-230
             Project: logback-core
          Issue Type: Improvement
    Affects Versions: 0.9.29
            Reporter: Eric Sirianni
            Assignee: Logback dev list
            Priority: Minor


>From the logback configuration guide (http://logback.qos.ch/manual/configuration.html)
"The property is not declared in the configuration file, thus logback will look for it in the System properties. Java system properties can be set on the command line. "

I believe the precedence should be reversed.  Typically, system properties are used to *override* default values of properties that are specified in XML files or property files (typically checked into source control).  Please consider this enhancement.  For backwards compatibility you may want to add an option to toggle the precedence ordering.

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