Public bug reported:
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)
** Affects: zeitgeist (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity
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Title:
zeitgeist DEBUG log messages appearing in zeitgeist log - should be
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