Ruby on Rails

Okay, I'll bite and give my $0.02.

Method #1 Pros and Cons:

Con: I don't like the application code to be responsible for log rotations. It "feels" like this should be a system administrative task.
Pro: Easy to set up and no need to drop a logrotate config in /etc on deployment

Method #2

Con: Deployment requires another "external" step (configuration external to the application code itself)
Pro: From a sysadmin point of view, I keep all my "log rotation" configuration in one place (as it ought to be).

My Preference

Method #2: use capistrano or other scripted/automated deployment tool to drop (or update) a logrotate config in your /etc/logrotate.d/ directory to overcome the downside of this method and you're golden.

That's just my opinion. I'd also be interested in other points of view and better ideas.

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