[Freeswitch-users] Frustrating and inconsistent log format !

[Tim Smith]

Hello Peter,

You've got the wrong end of the stick.

Remove the UUIDs is not what I'm saying .... at all.  ;-)

Tim

On 13 January 2016 at 16:22, Peter Steinbach <lists at telefaks.de> wrote:
> 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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