[RFC] support for plugins to implement their own log formatters

[Erik Bågfors]

> > I don't know about set_default_formatter.  AFICT, its purpose is to
> > allow plugins to control the setting, but a user may have a plugin
> > installed without wanting to change their default.
>
> Agreed.  That was something I was unsure about as well (but forgot
> when I wrote the mail)
>
> Shall I remove it? I'm fine with that.
>
> > Are you doing this because you're concerned about having to set the
> > defaults separately for each command that uses log formatters?  I
> > certainly don't have a problem with a global log-formatter-default option.
>
> Sounds good. I wasn't thinking about the default thing since that's
> not in bzr.dev yet afaik...

Now, you can set the default formatter in the configuration.  A plugin
cannot (easily) change the default formatter. Branch in the same
place.

Any more comments?

Regards,
Erik