[erlang-questions] Should we deprecate or modernize log_mf_h and rb?

[Siri Hansen]

Thanks for the feedback, everyone!

We have now decided not to remove log_mf_h and rb. Instead there will be
some work done to modernize these tools.

Kind Regards
/siri

2016-04-07 0:03 GMT+02:00 Tim Stewart <tim@REDACTED>:

> Hello,
>
> I use log_mf_h and rb every day, and I am quite fond of them.
>
> My systems are usually configured with both lager and log_mf_h.  SASL +
> log_mf_h pick up all of the "core" OTP-based reports (info, warning, error,
> crash, supervisor, progress) and lager is used by our applications for
> application-level logging.  Since lager also picks up reports and messages
> created by error_logger, our support team can monitor only a single
> *line-based* log file to find problems.
>
> Then, when we get actual crashes I turn to report browser for nicely
> formatted reports.  In my opinion, rb's formatted reports are easier to
> read than lager's crash.log.  I have error_logger configured to use only
> lager and log_mf_h handlers so that we are relatively protected from a high
> error_logger volume.
>
> And, as Éric Pailleau mentioned, log_mf_h is the backend for Observer's
> log support.  I also use this feature.
>
> I would be sad to see log_mf_h disappear.  I would *love* to see more GUI
> support for reading and searching through these logs (additional Observer
> support, web UI, etc.)
>
> Anyway, I hope this helps.
>
> -TimS
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 4:49 AM, Stefan Grundmann <sg2342@REDACTED>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> log_mf_h is used in appliance systems we build at $work because it
>> implements binary logging and log rotation and because it is
>> part of OTP.
>> We also have projects where lager is used but only because it
>> was pulled as a dependency of $other_stuff and we did not yet spend the
>> time
>> to replace it.
>>
>> sg
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