[kde] [Bug 325889] New: Metabug to reduce unnecessary/wrong output to the .xsesson-errors file

[Michael]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325889

            Bug ID: 325889
           Summary: Metabug to reduce unnecessary/wrong output to the
                    .xsesson-errors file
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: kde
           Version: 4.11.2
          Platform: unspecified
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: gen.9.madblock at spamgourmet.com

Alot of KDE components produce a vast ammount of debug output that is written
to .xsession-errors. This does not only cause unnecessary IO but also decreases
performance, battery life, ssd life and in extreme cases causes multi-gigabye
logfiles for some users. Googling for '.xsession-errors' reveals that a lot of
users notice this file in a negative way while there are little actual issues
solved by providing information from this file. Usually dedicated logfiles or
the output from a run on the console is used to find issues.

Even using kdebug to disable debug messages, some components still produce a a
lot of output. There are previously reported bug, some that have no been
addressed for several years. I hope it is not bad as a non-kde-dev to create
this metabug that depends on the currently open bugs regarding this issue.

Most of these components should only log really ciritcal stuff - any other
errors/issues should be enabled on-demand by running the application with
--debug or something like this.

Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
.xession-errors should only provide first-hint informations if randomly
X-applications crash or encounter other critical issues.
For regular debugging programs are usually invoked on a separate console and
debugged in other ways.

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