Log4j 3... still needs quite some love, to put it mildly. `main` branch, where Log4j 3 is cut from, is missing a huge amount of changes from `2.x`, where Log4j 2 is cut from. We need to port those from `2.x` to `main`. I am actively working on this.
The lacking website content is just the tip of the iceberg. There, next to porting the existing content from `2.x`, we need to add new content specific to Log4j 3. Christian, Piotr, and I will be actively working on this starting from February 9. It is good that you remarked we need to explicitly state that Log4j 2 is still supported. I added this bit to our new website structure plan <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Fu7oqDzdM_D6LbexzwX9arh51Tic7AGvkWTQrL6jjQ/edit>. If you have more feedback, please let us know. On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 4:50 PM Mickael Maison <mickael.mai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Volkan, > > Thanks for the quick reply! It's reassuring to hear you aim to keep > supporting log4j2. Could this be added to the website? > > Regarding log4j3, I opened a PR to update the website to mention Java > 17 instead of Java 11: > https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-site/pull/8 > > Thanks, > Mickael > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 4:17 PM Volkan Yazıcı <vol...@yazi.ci> wrote: > > > > Hey Mickael, > > > > Thanks for reaching out to us and sharing your concerns. Community > feedback > > is of uttermost importance on how we prioritize development and > maintenance > > tasks. > > > > You are right that Log4j 3 is planned to target Java 17. Yet I can assure > > you that Log4j 2 (targeting Java 8) will be around for quite a while and > we > > will certainly maintain it for several years. > > > > Cheers! > > > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 3:54 PM Mickael Maison <mimai...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I see that log4j3 is about to release, so I'm wondering what are the > > > plans regarding future development and maintenance of log4j2? Do you > > > expect to keep releasing new 2.X versions? How long do you expect to > > > still maintain 2.X releases? > > > > > > To provide a bit of context, the Apache Kafka project is considering > > > switching to log4j2, but we're concerned that with log4j3, log4j2 will > > > soon enter end of life. > > > > > > Also the website states log4j3 will require Java 11 [0] but looking at > > > the latest published artifacts [1], it looks like it instead requires > > > Java 17 instead. Apache Kafka still supports Java 11 so we can't > > > directly adopt log4j3. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Mickael > > > > > > 0: https://logging.apache.org/log4j/3.x/#requirements > > > 1: https://logging.apache.org/log4j/3.x/download.html > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org > >
