[wix-devs] 6196 - Create log for ExePackage

[Bob Arnson]

+1 on troubleshooting

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From: wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Sean Hall via wix-devs
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Subject: Re: [wix-devs] 6196 - Create log for ExePackage

I went with Protocol because both of the existing protocols today already handle creating a log file. Adding this functionality on top didn't make sense to me.

The reason I think it should be the default is because I think Burn should default to behavior that enables troubleshooting.

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 2:58 AM Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com> wrote:

> I'm not 100% sold that Protocol attribute is the best place to put 
> this but I'm also not sure _another_ attribute is worth it. I could be 
> swayed either way.
>
> But if using protocol, I prefer the words "redirect", "console", "log" vs.
> "capture" and "stream". So something more like:
> Protocol="redirectConsoleToLog" or an attribute 
> "RedirectConsoleToLog='yes'".
>
> I also don't think we should default to logging the console output.
> Default should remain none.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [wix-devs] 6196 - Create log for ExePackage
>
> https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/6196 is about getting Burn 
> to capture the output and error streams from the ExePackage and 
> writing them to a log file. Blair commented on the issue basically 
> saying that he would like a way to opt out.
>
> I was thinking about implementing this as a new ExePackage/@Protocol 
> type
> ("captureStreams"?) and setting it as the default. The Protocol could 
> be set to "none" to use the v3 behavior. Are there other ways we want 
> to do this?
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