--- a/CHANGES.txt	Sat May 12 21:28:02 2018 -0400
+++ b/CHANGES.txt	Fri May 25 21:23:44 2018 -0400
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@
   non-retired items) or True (for finding only retired items).
 - Requires Python 2.7 now, indicated in version_check.py
   and doc/installation.txt. (Bernhard Reiter)
+- New -L flag to roundup-server to send http/https request logs
+  through the python logger module (using roundup.http). This allows
+  automatic log rotation. Without it, log file rotation requires restarting
+  the server. (John Rouillard)
 
 Fixed:
 

--- a/doc/upgrading.txt	Sat May 12 21:28:02 2018 -0400
+++ b/doc/upgrading.txt	Fri May 25 21:23:44 2018 -0400
@@ -696,6 +696,52 @@
 With this addition, the index template is displayed if there is no
 error, and the user stays on the search template if there is an error.
 
+New -L (loghttpvialogger) option to roundup-server
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Http request logs from roundup-server are sent to stderr or
+can be recorded in a log file (if -l or the logfile options
+is used). However there is no way to rotate the logfile
+without shutting down and restarting the roundup-server.
+
+If the -L flag is used, the python logging module is used
+for logging the http requests. The name for the log
+(qualname) is 'roundup.http'. You can direct these messages
+to a rotating log file by putting the following::
+
+   [loggers]
+   keys=roundup.http
+
+   [logger_roundup.http]
+   level=INFO
+   handlers=rotate_weblog
+   qualname=roundup.http
+   propagate=0
+
+   [handlers]
+   keys=rotate_weblog
+
+   [handler_rotate_weblog]
+   class=logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler
+   args=('httpd.log','a', 512000, 2)
+   formatter=plain
+
+   [formatters]
+   keys=plain
+
+   [formatter_plain]
+   format=%(message)s
+
+into a file (e.g. logging.ini). Then reference this file in
+the 'config' value of the [logging] section in the trackers
+config.ini file.
+
+Note the log configuration above is an example and can be
+merged into a more full featured logging config file for
+your tracker if you wish. It will create a new file in the
+current working directory called 'httpd.log' and will rotate
+the log file at 500K and keep two old copies of the file.
+
 Migrating from 1.5.0 to 1.5.1
 =============================
 

--- a/roundup/scripts/roundup_server.py	Sat May 12 21:28:02 2018 -0400
+++ b/roundup/scripts/roundup_server.py	Fri May 25 21:23:44 2018 -0400
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import sys
 import os.path as osp
 
+import logging
+
 thisdir = osp.dirname(osp.abspath(__file__))
 rootdir = osp.dirname(osp.dirname(thisdir))
 if (osp.exists(thisdir + '/__init__.py') and
@@ -437,12 +439,20 @@
     def log_message(self, format, *args):
         ''' Try to *safely* log to stderr.
         '''
-        try:
-            BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_message(self,
-                format, *args)
-        except IOError:
-            # stderr is no longer viable
-            pass
+        if self.CONFIG['LOGHTTPVIALOGGER']:
+            logger = logging.getLogger('roundup.http')
+
+            logger.info("%s - - [%s] %s" %
+                        (self.client_address[0],
+                         self.log_date_time_string(),
+                         format%args))
+        else:
+            try:
+                BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_message(self,
+                                                         format, *args)
+            except IOError:
+                # stderr is no longer viable
+                pass
 
     def start_response(self, headers, response):
         self.send_response(response)
@@ -552,6 +562,11 @@
             (configuration.BooleanOption, "log_hostnames", "no",
                 "Log client machine names instead of IP addresses "
                 "(much slower)"),
+            (configuration.BooleanOption, "loghttpvialogger", "no",
+                "Have http(s) request logging done via python logger module.\n"
+                "If set to yes the python logging module is used with "
+                "qualname\n'roundup.http'. Otherwise logging is done to "
+                "stderr or the file\nspecified using the -l/logfile option."),
             (configuration.NullableFilePathOption, "pidfile", "",
                 "File to which the server records "
                 "the process id of the daemon.\n"
@@ -590,6 +605,7 @@
         "log_hostnames": "N",
         "multiprocess": "t:",
         "template": "i:",
+        "loghttpvialogger": 'L',
         "ssl": "s",
         "pem": "e:",
     }
@@ -807,6 +823,7 @@
  -N            log client machine names instead of IP addresses (much slower)
  -i <fname>    set tracker index template
  -s            enable SSL
+ -L            http request logging uses python logging (roundup.http)
  -e <fname>    PEM file containing SSL key and certificate
  -t <mode>     multiprocess mode (default: %(mp_def)s).
                Allowed values: %(mp_types)s.