A more colorful version of _degade(). (This is enabled by passing
        "debug=True" at initialization).

def _degrade_debug(self, degrade, msg, *args):
        """ A more colorful version of _degade(). (This is enabled by passing
        "debug=True" at initialization).
        """
        if degrade:
            if not self._rotateFailed:
                sys.stderr.write("Degrade mode - ENTERING - (pid=%d)  %s\n" %
                                 (os.getpid(), msg % args))
                self._rotateFailed = True
        else:
            if self._rotateFailed:
                sys.stderr.write("Degrade mode - EXITING  - (pid=%d)   %s\n" %
                                 (os.getpid(), msg % args))
                self._rotateFailed = False