now we can all be lumberjacks

log_settings.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import logging
+import logging.handlers
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+# Loggers created under the "z" namespace, e.g. "z.caching", will inherit the
+# configuration from the base z logger.
+log = logging.getLogger('z')
+
+fmt = '%(asctime)s %(name)s:%(levelname)s %(message)s :%(pathname)s:%(lineno)s'
+fmt = getattr(settings, 'LOG_FORMAT', fmt)
+level = settings.LOG_LEVEL
+
+if settings.DEBUG:
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt, datefmt='%H:%M:%S')
+else:
+    level = getattr(settings, 'LOG_LEVEL', level)
+    SysLogger = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler
+    handler = SysLogger(facility=SysLogger.LOG_LOCAL7)
+    formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt)
+
+log.setLevel(level)
+handler.setLevel(level)
+handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+log.addHandler(handler)

manage.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import site
 
-from django.core.management import execute_manager
+from django.core.management import execute_manager, setup_environ
 
 
 try:
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
 site.addsitedir(settings.path('apps'))
 site.addsitedir(settings.path('lib'))
 
+# The first thing execute_manager does is call `setup_environ`.  Logging config
+# needs to access settings, so we'll setup the environ early.
+setup_environ(settings)
+
+# Import for side-effect: configures our logging handlers.
+import log_settings
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     execute_manager(settings)

settings.py

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # Django settings for zamboni project.
 
-# Make filepaths relative to settings.
 import os
+import logging
+
+
+# Make filepaths relative to settings.
 ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 path = lambda *a: os.path.join(ROOT, *a)
 
@@ -101,3 +104,5 @@
 )
 
 TEST_RUNNER = 'django_nose.run_tests'
+
+LOG_LEVEL = logging.DEBUG