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diff --git a/mailman/core/logging.py b/mailman/core/logging.py index ce79761ca..43abac78d 100644 --- a/mailman/core/logging.py +++ b/mailman/core/logging.py @@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ _handlers = {} +# XXX I would love to simplify things and use Python 2.6's WatchedFileHandler, +# but there are two problems. First, it's more difficult to handle the test +# suite's need to reopen the file handler to a different path. Does +# zope.testing's logger support fix this? +# +# The other problem is that WatchedFileHandler doesn't really easily support +# HUPing the process to reopen the log file. Now, maybe that's not a big deal +# because the standard logging module would already handle things correctly if +# the file is moved, but still that's not an interface I'm ready to give up on +# yet. For now, keep our hack. + class ReopenableFileHandler(logging.Handler): """A file handler that supports reopening.""" |