I should also note that since today is a semi-holiday in the US please do not commit anything with regards to this until this is cleared up as I may or may not be able to respond immediately.
Ralph > On Nov 23, 2018, at 9:47 AM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > I do not understand this at all. Log4j 2 provides runtime compatibility with > Log4j 1. What is the problem that requires a revert? > > I have been running Flume with Log4j 2 since 1.6 so I don’t understand what > the problem could possibly be. > > Ralph > >> On Nov 23, 2018, at 8:50 AM, Ferenc Szabo <szabofe...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone >> >> I am about to branch the 1.9 release from trunk. >> >> On the 1.9 branch we will revert the following breaking changes: >> - FLUME-2957. Remove Guava from our public API: >> >> https://github.com/apache/flume/commit/7f85df9e473ee675d461d5b76650694c5a6c0088 >> - part of FLUME-2050. Upgrade to Log4j 2.10.0: >> as the new release should work with the previous configurations we have >> to release it with log4j 1.x >> For the log4j2 upgrade, we will provide a guide, how to replace the jars >> if users would like to start using it in the 1.9 release on the wiki page. >> >> Because of these changes the first release candidate might be postponed to >> Monday. >> >> Regards, >> Ferenc Szabo >> >> On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 5:04 PM ema...@cloudera.com <ema...@cloudera.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ferenc, >>> >>> +1 >>> I am working on FLUME-3281 Update to Kafka 2.0 client, should be able to >>> finish it >>> till the suggested deadline. >>> I am also happy to do some reviews. >>> >>> Regards >>> Endre >>> >>> On 2018/11/06 21:23:17, Ferenc Szabo <szabofe...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> Hello Flume Community, >>>> >>>> 1.8 was released about a year ago and since that quite a few bug fixes, >>>> improvements, features and documentation were introduced. >>>> I would like to propose to publish the next minor release of Flume >>>> to make these changes available to the users. >>>> >>>> I would be more than happy to be the Release Manager with the help of >>>> Denes Arvay for anything that requires PMC access - if both the community >>>> and he are >>>> OK with it. >>>> >>>> Among others the following changes will be included in the next release: >>>> >>>> Fixed bugs: >>>> - FLUME-3117 Application can be dead loop when call System.exit() in >>>> methodconfigure >>>> - FLUME-3237 Handling RuntimeExceptions coming from the JMS provider in >>>> JMSSource >>>> - FLUME-3201 Fix SyslogUtil to handle RFC3164 format in december >>> correctly >>>> - FLUME-3056 TestApplication hangs indefinitely >>>> - FLUME-2976 Exception when JMS source tries to connect to a Weblogic >>>> server without authentication >>>> - FLUME-3270 Close JMS resources in JMSMessageConsumer constructor in >>> case >>>> of failure >>>> - FLUME-3222 java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException thrown when files are >>> being >>>> deleted from the TAILDIR source >>>> - FLUME-2894 Flume components should stop in the correct order (graceful >>>> shutdown) >>>> - FLUME-2973 Deadlock in hdfs sink >>>> - FLUME-3278 Handling -D keystore parameters in Kafka components >>>> - FLUME-3265 Cannot set batch-size for LoadBalancingRpcClient >>>> >>>> >>>> Improvements: >>>> - FLUME-3186 Make asyncHbaseClient configuration parameters available >>> from >>>> flume config >>>> - FLUME-3239 Do not rename files in SpoolDirectorySource >>>> - FLUME-3227 Add Rate Limiter to StressSource >>>> - FLUME-2050 Upgrade to log4j2 (when GA) >>>> - FLUME-3246 Validate flume configuration to prevent larger source batch >>>> size than the channel transaction capacity >>>> - FLUME-3050 add counters for error conditions and expose to monitor URL >>>> - FLUME-3269 Support JSSE keystore/trustore -D system properties >>>> - FLUME-3223 Flume HDFS Sink should retry close prior to performing a >>>> recoverLease >>>> - FLUME-3276 Components supporting SSL/TLS should be able to specify >>> cipher >>>> suite list >>>> - FLUME-3275 Components supporting SSL/TLS should be able to specify >>>> protocol list >>>> >>>> >>>> New Features: >>>> - FLUME-3142 Adding HBase2 sink >>>> - FLUME-2442 Need an alternative to providing clear text passwords in >>> flume >>>> config >>>> >>>> >>>> There are 26 open tickets targeted for 1.9 in patch available state: >>>> https://s.apache.org/flume-1.9-target-tickets >>>> >>>> We also have a number of open pull requests on Github: >>>> https://github.com/apache/flume/pulls >>>> >>>> There are a few tickets in progress that would be good to include in the >>>> release so >>>> I would say that we focus on reviewing and testing them in the next 2 >>>> weeks. >>>> >>>> I would like to propose to target the 23rd of November for the first >>>> release candidate. >>>> That would mean that the branch date would be a few days before that. >>>> Any significant code change should get in by that date. >>>> >>>> If nobody has any concerns then I am going to create an umbrella ticket >>> to >>>> track the release process. >>>> >>>> Some movement can be expected in the related JIRA tickets. >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> Ferenc >>>> >>> > > >