[Python-ideas] logging.config.defaultConfig()

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 16.05.2014 11:54, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>> While I agree that importing a module might not be the right way, having
>> a standard way to configure logging via environment variables might be
>> helpful.
>
> I entirely disagree. An environment variable is a very lousy way to
> specify a configuration file's location; and there is no reason to have
> a common logging configuration for all Python applications.

Hmm, it's a fairly standard way to define config file locations esp.
on Unix platforms, so I don't follow you here. Perhaps I'm just
missing some context.

Such env vars are often used in application environments to override
system defaults, e.g. for finding OpenSSL or ODBC config files.

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