[Freeswitch-users] Frustrating and inconsistent log format !

[Peter Steinbach]

Hello Tim,

I love having the UUID in the logs. This helps a lot during debugging a
system with high call volume. Thus I can simply grep the logs by UUID
and get (almost) all data for this call.

Best regards
Peter


On 01/13/16 17:06, Tim Smith wrote:
> Dear FreeSWITCH Developers,
>
> Permit me a modest rant if you may.
>
> Why do log lines start with UUID ?  Its format is hard to define and
> subject to the developer's whims ....why not start the line with a
> date, like almost any other sane program,  and put the UUID elsewhere
> ?
>
> Why on earth is the log format so inconsistent ? e.g.
>
> Sometimes developers feel like giving us a date ....
>
> 7d28af7d-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-2e20e2bXXXX 2016-01-13 12:00:47.198394 [DEBUG]
> switch_core_state_machine.c:636
>
> Sometimes they even manage the date in a sensible location ....
>
> 2016-01-13 11:58:14.838392 [DEBUG] sofia.c:9124
>
> Other times they can't be bothered to provide such a critical piece of
> information.....
>
> 4891efd5-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-58d153b8XXXX Dialplan: sofia/internal/
>
> Please devs... spend a little time cleaning up the logging ... it
> helps debugging and troubleshooting so much if we have some
> consistency there !!!!!
>
> Thanks
>
> Tim
>
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