zeitgeist DEBUG log messages appearing in zeitgeist log - should be disabled
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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The Ubuntu Power Consumption Project |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Zeitgeist Framework |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
zeitgeist (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned |
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/$
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
ProcVersionSign
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)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: zeitgeist
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in zeitgeist (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → High |
tags: | added: battery-power-consumption |
Changed in zeitgeist: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
milestone: | none → 0.9.0 |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in zeitgeist: | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
Changed in ubuntu-power-consumption: | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in ubuntu-power-consumption: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in zeitgeist: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in ubuntu-power-consumption: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Attached: log