From: jeffz_2002@...
Date: 2006-12-28T10:40:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Who's maintaining log4r?

Hello again folks (if anyone read the last post - busy time of year),

I've completed some work on Log4r, and would like to share it soon with
the Ruby community, after I've done the rest.  I don't have access to
the Log4r code repository ... any hints on getting in contact with
project owner(s) would be great.

Accomplished in initial round of Log4r refactoring:

- converting the tests over to Test::Unit
- changed all existing tests (except 1) so they are self-verifying and
can be run at any point as a complete test suite (previous tests had to
be verified visually)
- added new tests to the suite to help guide my refactoring, which
clarify the intent of the code
- various refactorings large and small

Remaining to do's:

- continue refactoring
- reduce coupling/global state of program to simplify code, clarify
unit tests
- introduce some Log4J-type behaviour which I miss (I know that Log4R
didn't slavishly follow Log4J, but J does have some nice features)

I'm doing this for my own benefit and for my work, but would like to
share with the community.  I believe that my work is useful -- even if
only for me.

Warning: I think I might have to change the Logger.initialize() method,
which means that existing code that creates loggers like Logger.new(
'a', WARN, etc) would break ... but code using XML or YAML
configuration would still work.  If this is hugely problematic, I'd be
open to discussion.

Lastly, I still can't get a hold of Leon Torres ... any ideas where he
can be reached?  

Jeff