Add documentation about shade's use of logging

shade logs to some specific named loggers for various things. They are
defined and intentional, but are not documented. So let's document them.

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logging
model
contributing
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Logging
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`shade` uses `Python Logging`_. As `shade` is a library, it does not
configure logging handlers automatically, expecting instead for that to be
the purview of the consuming application.
Simple Usage
------------
For consumers who just want to get a basic logging setup without thinking
about it too deeply, there is a helper method. If used, it should be called
before any other `shade` functionality.
.. code-block:: python
import shade
shade.simple_logging()
`shade.simple_logging` takes two optional boolean arguments:
debug
Turns on debug logging.
http_debug
Turns on debug logging as well as debug logging of the underlying HTTP calls.
`shade.simple_logging` also sets up a few other loggers and squelches some
warnings or log messages that are otherwise uninteresting or unactionable by
a `shade` user.
Advanced Usage
--------------
`shade` logs to a set of different named loggers.
Most of the logging is set up to log to the root `shade` logger. There are
additional sub-loggers that are used at times, primarily so that a user can
decide to turn on or off a specific type of logging. They are listed below.
shade.task_manager
`shade` uses a Task Manager to perform remote calls. The `shade.task_manager`
logger emits messages at the start and end of each Task announging what
it is going to run and then what it ran and how long it took. Logging
`shade.task_manager` is a good way to get a trace of external actions shade
is taking without full `HTTP Tracing`_.
shade.request_ids
The `shade.request_ids` logger emits a log line at the end of each HTTP
interaction with the OpenStack Request ID associated with the interaction.
This can be be useful for tracking action taken on the server-side if one
does not want `HTTP Tracing`_.
shade.exc
If `log_inner_exceptions` is set to True, `shade` will emit any wrapped
exception to the `shade.exc` logger. Wrapped exceptions are usually
considered implementation details, but can be useful for debugging problems.
shade.iterate_timeout
When `shade` needs to poll a resource, it does so in a loop that waits
between iterations and ultimately timesout. The `shade.iterate_timeout`
logger emits messages for each iteration indicating it is waiting and for
how long. These can be useful to see for long running tasks so that one
can know things are not stuck, but can also be noisy.
shade.http
`shade` will sometimes log additional information about HTTP interactions
to the `shade.http` logger. This can be verbose, as it sometimes logs
entire response bodies.
shade.fnmatch
`shade` will try to use `fnmatch`_ on given `name_or_id` arguments. It's a
best effort attempt, so pattern misses are logged to `shade.fnmatch`. A user
may not be intending to use an fnmatch pattern - such as if they are trying
to find an image named ``Fedora 24 [official]``, so these messages are
logged separately.
.. _fnmatch: https://pymotw.com/2/fnmatch/
HTTP Tracing
------------
HTTP Interactions are handled by `keystoneauth`. If you want to enable HTTP
tracing while using `shade` and are not using `shade.simple_logging`,
set the log level of the `keystoneauth` logger to `DEBUG`.
Python Logging
--------------
Python logging is a standard feature of Python and is documented fully in the
Python Documentation, which varies by version of Python.
For more information on Python Logging for Python v2, see
https://docs.python.org/2/library/logging.html.
For more information on Python Logging for Python v3, see
https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html.