Hi,
I like very much the new energy people are putting into creating the SystemLogger engine for Pharo. I think this is a specifically important area for which we have to have a solution out of the box. At the same time, I also think that Pharo provides an infrastructure that makes room for ideas that are otherwise hard to reach in other languages or environments.
I do not see how this contribute to SystemLogger. So at least please do not say it, respect the amount of time I spentStef asked for collaborations around this project, so here is my literally small contribution: a rather different logging engine.
So should we see it as a competitor to SystemLogger?It is called Beacon, it is based entirely on Announcements, it has ~200 lines of code, it has no tags or levels, and in my opinion it is fully functional.
You can see a detailed description here including some informal comparisons with SystemLogger:http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/beacon
Please let me know what you think. I would be happy to join forces to reach a mature solution that is both versatile and that can show how Pharo is different.