Re: [Boost-users] Re: Boost Logging Library?

From: Andrew Chapman (andrew.chapman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-27 05:06:14

Jwahar Bammi wrote:
> I dont understand the need for the "Proposed Boost logging library". A 
> perfectly good and flexible logging library exists in the form of 
> log4cxx

Ignoring any potential problems with log4cxx (I've never used it 
myself), having a lib as part of boost as opposed to a standalone 
library carries a lot of benefits. Standardization, quality control, 
wider user base, accessibility.

I'm really looking forward to the day when you only need a C++ compiler 
and boost, and you get almost all of the functional building blocks you 
need. All the downloading, configuring, compiling of 3rd party library 
dependencies is such a major stumbling block for people coming to C++ 
from other languages such as Java or Perl, which have massive built-in 
libraries offering most of what people need.

AC.