Comment 4 for bug 1154207

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 1154207] Re: console log should have an option to add timestamps

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:57:23AM -0000, James Hunt wrote:

> Rather than adding timestamps, my strong preference would be to support
> 'console syslog' (bug 885202) such that timestamps or time offsets are
> added "for free".

I don't think a proliferation of 'console' options is a good idea here.
Consistency is valuable... it's not like there's a whole lot of filtering
you could usefully do with syslog other than string matches, given that you
won't have meaningful message priorities and facilities.