python functions for info / error / warning messages to stdout about esmvaltool

[jvegreg]

Maybe it will be better to base the implementation in Python native logging module...

I have some experience with it, in case you need help

[nielsdrost]

I agree with @jvegasbsc using standard python logging is probably best. This for instance also nicely integrates with testing frameworks, etc.

[nielsdrost]

Also see #16.

[bouweandela]

As discussed during the meeting on 2017-08-29, I have added standard library logging to the main.py file (and the interface_scripts/auxiliary.py file to demonstrate use in a module) starting from the REFACTORING_parser/orchestrator files. You can see it here:

https://github.com/bouweandela/ESMValTool/tree/REFACTORING_parser/orchestrator
in this commit: 0568d5a

Configuration of the various loggers is done in logging.yml, there are at the moment 3 loggers defined:

• logging to console
• summary log to file for users
• detailed log to file for developers

Much more configuration is possible and I did not have time to fully test the code, so this an example for those who are interested and can be a starting point for discussion on the kind of logging functionality that is needed.

[nielsdrost]

Only setting we need is "verbosity" in the config file determining the console verbosity. Bouwe will implement in a branch.

[bouweandela]

To avoid confusion, I've added a new variable "log_level" to the config.ini file, meant to replace "verbosity" once we have completely switched to the new logger. If this is not the desired behaviour, we can of course also keep "verbosity" and make a translation table, e.g.

verbosity	log_level
0	warning
1	info
>1	debug

[valeriupredoi]

Cheers for fixing and closing this one guys, oddly enough I have not received the assignment notification until now. Cheers, V

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