Matt Sicker
2014-10-04 19:50:13 UTC
This is a vote to release Log4j 2.1, the next major version of the Log4j 2
project.
Please download, test, and cast your votes.
[] +1, release the artifacts
[] -1, don't release because...
The vote will remain open for 72 hours (or more if required). All votes are
welcome, but only Logging PMC votes are counted toward the minimum +3
votes (with no -1 votes) to pass the release.
As from 2.0.2, my GPG key ID is FA1C814D and can be found both in the KEYS
file on the site as well as through any of the usual key servers.
Changes in this version include:
New features:
o LOG4J2-589: Supported filtering on custom log levels in configuration.
o LOG4J2-856: Documentation: add sections on the JUL Adapter, IO Streams
and NoSQL Appenders to the Maven and Ivy page.
o LOG4J2-848: Add a Java lookup to provide nicely formatted runtime
version information.
o LOG4J2-809: Move reflection utility class to API's private utility
classes.
o LOG4J2-833: Documentation: added Runtime Dependencies link to left
nav-bar on site.
o LOG4J2-816: Documentation: added section on XInclude to user manual
Configuration page.
o LOG4J2-547: Add the Log4j IOStreams component.
o LOG4J2-431: Added Memory-Mapped File Appender. Thanks to Claude Mamo.
o LOG4J2-827: Support use of TypeConverter classes through the standard
Plugin system.
o LOG4J2-825: Add simple validation constraint annotations for the Plugin
system.
o LOG4J2-428: Implement a GELF layout. Thanks to Mark Paluch.
o LOG4J2-608: Add java.util.logging implementation based on log4j-api. See
log4j-jul documentation for more details.
o LOG4J2-793: Add support for custom SLF4J Markers in log4j-slf4j-impl
module.
o LOG4J2-771: Add lookup for application main arguments.
o LOG4J2-787: Add lookup for JVM arguments.
Fixed Bugs:
o LOG4J2-866: Documentation: fixed missing closing parenthesis in code
example. Thanks to Gerard Weatherby.
o LOG4J2-862: Fixed classloader issue that prevented Log4j from finding
the implementation when used in a custom Ant task. Thanks to Michael
Sutherland.
o LOG4J2-861: Documentation: fix broken links on left navigation Extending
Log4j Configuration sub-menu.
o LOG4J2-797: Documentation: clarified why log4j-core is a compile time
dependency in Maven and Ivy page. Thanks to Andreas Rytina.
o LOG4J2-855: Documentation: fix broken links on Appenders manual page.
o LOG4J2-807: Prevent NPE when configuration with AsyncLogger/AsyncRoot is
reloaded.
o LOG4J2-678: Documentation: fixed minor issues with Log4j2 web
site/documentation. Thanks to Matt Sicker.
o LOG4J2-843: Migrate JpaHyperSqlAppenderTest JUnit performance test to
log4j-perf.
o LOG4J2-842: Migrate JpaH2AppenderTest JUnit performance test to
log4j-perf.
o LOG4J2-841: Migrate JdbcHyperSqlAppenderTest JUnit performance test to
log4j-perf.
o LOG4J2-840: Migrate JdbcH2AppenderTest JUnit performance test to
log4j-perf.
o LOG4J2-830: Respect external interrupt signal to allow application
shutdown after joining AsyncAppender thread.
o LOG4J2-813: MarkerManager Log4jMarker.hasParents() returns opposite of
correct result. Thanks to David Erichsen, Brandon Barry.
o LOG4J2-785: Documentation: fixed capitalization inconsistency in user
manual example config.
o LOG4J2-829: Fixed issue in RollingFile filePattern: backslashes are path
separators, not escape characters.
o LOG4J2-832: ThrowableProxy fails if a class in logged stack trace throws
java.lang.Error from initializer Thanks to Seth Leger.
o LOG4J2-745: Avoid ConverterKey plugin clashes by using a more
predictable plugin loading infrastructure.
Plugins have been segmented into three parts: class path,
user-specified packages, and OSGi bundles. Thanks to Scott Harrington.
o LOG4J2-798: Fixed plugin scanning redundancy causing massive slowdowns
in certain environments. Thanks to Scott Harrington.
o LOG4J2-753: Reduced CachedClock thread contention.
o LOG4J2-819: Fixed memory leak in Tomcat 6 caused by clock background
threads unintentionally
started by Tomcat after web application stop. Thanks to Gary
Gregory.
o LOG4J2-391: FlumePersistentManager now handles LockConflictExceptions in
Berkeley Db when sending a batch. Thanks to Kamal Bahadur.
o LOG4J2-782: Remove invalid Oracle Maven repository.
o LOG4J2-796: Fixed issue where log4j-to-slf4j did not work correctly with
SLF4J Simple Logger.
o LOG4J2-811: SimpleLogger throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException for an
empty array. Thanks to Yogesh Rao.
o LOG4J2-663: Fix OSGi Import-Package problem with the JMS API. Thanks to
Florian Brunner.
o LOG4J2-783: PatternLayout should use platform character encoding by
default, not UTF-8. Thanks to Minglei Lee.
Changes:
o LOG4J2-845: Add 2.1.0 to compatible versions in Log4j API ProviderUtil
and update Log4jAPIVersion to 2.1.0 in
core META-INF/log4j-provider.properties.
o LOG4J2-844: Update JMH to 1.1 from 0.7.2.
o LOG4J2-831: Documentation: updated FAQ "which jars" diagrams for JUL
bridge and 2.1 version.
o LOG4J2-780: Update Spring Framework to 3.2.11.RELEASE from 3.2.8.RELEASE.
o LOG4J2-815: Unify the two JMS appenders into a single appender.
Configurations written for 2.0 will still work in 2.1+.
o LOG4J2-790: Update Jackson to 2.4.2 from 2.4.1 (for XML and JSON
processing).
o LOG4J2-766: Incomplete documentation for JSONLayout. Thanks to Bruno P.
Kinoshita.
o LOG4J2-800: All life cycle implementations should be serializable.
This is still work in progress.
o LOG4J2-801: org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Logger should be serializable.
This is still work in progress.
o LOG4J2-810: Update javax.mail to 1.5.2 from 1.5.0.
o LOG4J2-822: Update org.eclipse.persistence.jpa to 2.5.2 from 2.5.1.
o LOG4J2-867: FlumeAppender: maxDelay not in seconds, but milliseconds.
Add time scale to some settings, for example maxDelayMillis instead
of maxDelay.
The old names are aliased for compatibility.
Tag:
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=logging-log4j2.git;a=commit;h=e4006903d2dfc0d10d0f92b400010bca3d1d826a
Web Site: http://people.apache.org/~mattsicker/log4j/2.1/
Artifacts:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1008/
You may download all the artifacts by executing:
wget -e robots=off --cut-dirs=3 -r -p -np --no-check-certificate
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1008/org/apache/logging/log4j
project.
Please download, test, and cast your votes.
[] +1, release the artifacts
[] -1, don't release because...
The vote will remain open for 72 hours (or more if required). All votes are
welcome, but only Logging PMC votes are counted toward the minimum +3
votes (with no -1 votes) to pass the release.
As from 2.0.2, my GPG key ID is FA1C814D and can be found both in the KEYS
file on the site as well as through any of the usual key servers.
Changes in this version include:
New features:
o LOG4J2-589: Supported filtering on custom log levels in configuration.
o LOG4J2-856: Documentation: add sections on the JUL Adapter, IO Streams
and NoSQL Appenders to the Maven and Ivy page.
o LOG4J2-848: Add a Java lookup to provide nicely formatted runtime
version information.
o LOG4J2-809: Move reflection utility class to API's private utility
classes.
o LOG4J2-833: Documentation: added Runtime Dependencies link to left
nav-bar on site.
o LOG4J2-816: Documentation: added section on XInclude to user manual
Configuration page.
o LOG4J2-547: Add the Log4j IOStreams component.
o LOG4J2-431: Added Memory-Mapped File Appender. Thanks to Claude Mamo.
o LOG4J2-827: Support use of TypeConverter classes through the standard
Plugin system.
o LOG4J2-825: Add simple validation constraint annotations for the Plugin
system.
o LOG4J2-428: Implement a GELF layout. Thanks to Mark Paluch.
o LOG4J2-608: Add java.util.logging implementation based on log4j-api. See
log4j-jul documentation for more details.
o LOG4J2-793: Add support for custom SLF4J Markers in log4j-slf4j-impl
module.
o LOG4J2-771: Add lookup for application main arguments.
o LOG4J2-787: Add lookup for JVM arguments.
Fixed Bugs:
o LOG4J2-866: Documentation: fixed missing closing parenthesis in code
example. Thanks to Gerard Weatherby.
o LOG4J2-862: Fixed classloader issue that prevented Log4j from finding
the implementation when used in a custom Ant task. Thanks to Michael
Sutherland.
o LOG4J2-861: Documentation: fix broken links on left navigation Extending
Log4j Configuration sub-menu.
o LOG4J2-797: Documentation: clarified why log4j-core is a compile time
dependency in Maven and Ivy page. Thanks to Andreas Rytina.
o LOG4J2-855: Documentation: fix broken links on Appenders manual page.
o LOG4J2-807: Prevent NPE when configuration with AsyncLogger/AsyncRoot is
reloaded.
o LOG4J2-678: Documentation: fixed minor issues with Log4j2 web
site/documentation. Thanks to Matt Sicker.
o LOG4J2-843: Migrate JpaHyperSqlAppenderTest JUnit performance test to
log4j-perf.
o LOG4J2-842: Migrate JpaH2AppenderTest JUnit performance test to
log4j-perf.
o LOG4J2-841: Migrate JdbcHyperSqlAppenderTest JUnit performance test to
log4j-perf.
o LOG4J2-840: Migrate JdbcH2AppenderTest JUnit performance test to
log4j-perf.
o LOG4J2-830: Respect external interrupt signal to allow application
shutdown after joining AsyncAppender thread.
o LOG4J2-813: MarkerManager Log4jMarker.hasParents() returns opposite of
correct result. Thanks to David Erichsen, Brandon Barry.
o LOG4J2-785: Documentation: fixed capitalization inconsistency in user
manual example config.
o LOG4J2-829: Fixed issue in RollingFile filePattern: backslashes are path
separators, not escape characters.
o LOG4J2-832: ThrowableProxy fails if a class in logged stack trace throws
java.lang.Error from initializer Thanks to Seth Leger.
o LOG4J2-745: Avoid ConverterKey plugin clashes by using a more
predictable plugin loading infrastructure.
Plugins have been segmented into three parts: class path,
user-specified packages, and OSGi bundles. Thanks to Scott Harrington.
o LOG4J2-798: Fixed plugin scanning redundancy causing massive slowdowns
in certain environments. Thanks to Scott Harrington.
o LOG4J2-753: Reduced CachedClock thread contention.
o LOG4J2-819: Fixed memory leak in Tomcat 6 caused by clock background
threads unintentionally
started by Tomcat after web application stop. Thanks to Gary
Gregory.
o LOG4J2-391: FlumePersistentManager now handles LockConflictExceptions in
Berkeley Db when sending a batch. Thanks to Kamal Bahadur.
o LOG4J2-782: Remove invalid Oracle Maven repository.
o LOG4J2-796: Fixed issue where log4j-to-slf4j did not work correctly with
SLF4J Simple Logger.
o LOG4J2-811: SimpleLogger throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException for an
empty array. Thanks to Yogesh Rao.
o LOG4J2-663: Fix OSGi Import-Package problem with the JMS API. Thanks to
Florian Brunner.
o LOG4J2-783: PatternLayout should use platform character encoding by
default, not UTF-8. Thanks to Minglei Lee.
Changes:
o LOG4J2-845: Add 2.1.0 to compatible versions in Log4j API ProviderUtil
and update Log4jAPIVersion to 2.1.0 in
core META-INF/log4j-provider.properties.
o LOG4J2-844: Update JMH to 1.1 from 0.7.2.
o LOG4J2-831: Documentation: updated FAQ "which jars" diagrams for JUL
bridge and 2.1 version.
o LOG4J2-780: Update Spring Framework to 3.2.11.RELEASE from 3.2.8.RELEASE.
o LOG4J2-815: Unify the two JMS appenders into a single appender.
Configurations written for 2.0 will still work in 2.1+.
o LOG4J2-790: Update Jackson to 2.4.2 from 2.4.1 (for XML and JSON
processing).
o LOG4J2-766: Incomplete documentation for JSONLayout. Thanks to Bruno P.
Kinoshita.
o LOG4J2-800: All life cycle implementations should be serializable.
This is still work in progress.
o LOG4J2-801: org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Logger should be serializable.
This is still work in progress.
o LOG4J2-810: Update javax.mail to 1.5.2 from 1.5.0.
o LOG4J2-822: Update org.eclipse.persistence.jpa to 2.5.2 from 2.5.1.
o LOG4J2-867: FlumeAppender: maxDelay not in seconds, but milliseconds.
Add time scale to some settings, for example maxDelayMillis instead
of maxDelay.
The old names are aliased for compatibility.
Tag:
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=logging-log4j2.git;a=commit;h=e4006903d2dfc0d10d0f92b400010bca3d1d826a
Web Site: http://people.apache.org/~mattsicker/log4j/2.1/
Artifacts:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1008/
You may download all the artifacts by executing:
wget -e robots=off --cut-dirs=3 -r -p -np --no-check-certificate
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1008/org/apache/logging/log4j
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Matt Sicker <***@gmail.com>
Matt Sicker <***@gmail.com>