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Posted to commits@logging.apache.org by rp...@apache.org on 2014/06/20 16:08:24 UTC

svn commit: r1604173 - in /logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src: changes/changes.xml site/xdoc/manual/configuration.xml.vm

Author: rpopma
Date: Fri Jun 20 14:08:23 2014
New Revision: 1604173

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1604173
Log:
LOG4J2-141 improved documentation regarding log4j status logger

Modified:
    logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/changes/changes.xml
    logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/site/xdoc/manual/configuration.xml.vm

Modified: logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/changes/changes.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/changes/changes.xml?rev=1604173&r1=1604172&r2=1604173&view=diff
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--- logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/changes/changes.xml (original)
+++ logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/changes/changes.xml Fri Jun 20 14:08:23 2014
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="2.0-rc2" date="2014-MM-DD" description="Bug fixes and enhancements">
+      <action issue="LOG4J2-141" dev="rpopma" type="fix" due-to="Joern Huxhorn">
+        Improved documentation regarding log4j status logger.
+      </action>
       <action issue="LOG4J2-539" dev="rpopma" type="fix" due-to="Colin Froggatt">
         Fixed issue with "Reconfigure using XML below" function in JMX Client GUI.
         ConfigurationSource is now a top-level class and can be obtained with Configuration.getConfigurationSource().

Modified: logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/site/xdoc/manual/configuration.xml.vm
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/site/xdoc/manual/configuration.xml.vm?rev=1604173&r1=1604172&r2=1604173&view=diff
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--- logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/site/xdoc/manual/configuration.xml.vm (original)
+++ logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/site/xdoc/manual/configuration.xml.vm Fri Jun 20 14:08:23 2014
@@ -389,7 +389,11 @@ public class Bar {
               </tr>
               <tr>
                 <td>status</td>
-                <td>The level of internal Log4j events that should be logged to the console.</td>
+                <td>The level of internal Log4j events that should be logged to the console.
+                Valid values for this attribute are "trace", "debug", "info", "warn", "error" and "fatal".
+                Log4j will log details about initialization, rollover and other internal actions to the status logger.
+                Setting <tt>status="trace"</tt> is one of the first things tools available to you if you need to
+                troubleshoot log4j.</td>
               </tr>
               <tr>
                 <td>strict</td>