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[Bug 906451] Re: zeitgeist DEBUG log messages appearing in zeitgeist log - should be disabled

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From: Siegfried Gevatter <rainct@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:55:53 -0000
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** Also affects: zeitgeist
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: zeitgeist
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: zeitgeist
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: zeitgeist
    Milestone: None => 0.9.0

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Title:
  zeitgeist DEBUG log messages appearing in zeitgeist log - should be
  disabled

Status in Zeitgeist Framework:
  Triaged
Status in “zeitgeist” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “zeitgeist” source package in Precise:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  While trying to identify rogue processes that periodically write log
  data unnecessarily I identified that zeitgeist is appending DEBUG
  messages to the /home/$user/.cache/zzeitgeist/daemon.log  (see
  attached log).

  Logging messages to a debug log is useful, however on production
  release code I don't expect to see DEBUG messages being written to log
  files:

  1.  If they are for debugging only then they should be inhibited in production quality code.
  2.  Unnecessary debug messages to logs cause additional unwanted writes to the disk - when on battery power this can cause laptops to spin drives up and waste power.  

  Since we are trying to reduce the power consumption I am requesting
  that debug messages are not written to this log unless debug is
  explicitly turned on.

  How to reproduce:

  On an installed system observe the daemon.log get DEBUG messages
  appended to it over time.  Occurs on idle and non-idle systems.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: zeitgeist 0.8.2-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Dec 19 17:46:42 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: zeitgeist
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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