global log level is now set via the log4js object

lib/log4js.js

@@ -267,20 +267,16 @@ function Logger (name, level) {
     this.category = name || DEFAULT_CATEGORY;
 
     if (! this.level) {
-        this.setLevel('TRACE');
+        this.__proto__.level = levels.TRACE;
     }
 }
 sys.inherits(Logger, events.EventEmitter);
 
 Logger.prototype.setLevel = function(level) {
-    this.__proto__.level = Level.toLevel(level, levels.TRACE);
-};
-
-Logger.prototype.setLocalLevel = function(level) {
     this.level = Level.toLevel(level, levels.TRACE);
 };
 
-Logger.prototype.removeLocalLevel = function() {
+Logger.prototype.removeLevel = function() {
     delete this.level;
 };
 
@@ -308,6 +304,10 @@ Logger.prototype.isLevelEnabled = function(otherLevel) {
     }
 );
 
+function setGlobalLogLevel(level) {
+    Logger.prototype.level = Level.toLevel(level, levels.TRACE);
+}
+
 /**
  * Get the default logger instance.
  * @return {Logger} instance of default logger
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ module.exports = function (fileSystem, standardOutput, configPaths) {
 	configure: configure,
 	
 	levels: levels,
+	setGlobalLogLevel: setGlobalLogLevel,
 
 	consoleAppender: consoleAppender,
 	fileAppender: fileAppender,