use and configure custom logger (#1994)

* prepare to log logs

* utils

* discoverability

* forgot

python/utils.py

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+import os
+import logging
+
+# set up logging
+LOGLEVEL = os.environ.get('LOGLEVEL', 'INFO').upper()
+logger = logging.getLogger('panda')
+logger.setLevel(LOGLEVEL)
+
+handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(message)s'))
+logger.addHandler(handler)