Considerations for 3.0: - Currently targeting Java 8, seems OK to keep this for now. - Remove deprecated code - Make BC-breaking changes as we see fit to improve impl. - ? Update root package to include "3" to allow Log4j 1, 2, and 3 to co-exist peacefully on the claspath. Perhaps org.apache.logging.log4j3. - Do we need a compatibility layer for 1.2 to 3.0 and 2.x to 3.0? - Where can we use java.time? - Is it a goal to have Maven modules with NO optional dependencies? I think so. - Play nice in the Java 9 module system - Continue to break up current Maven modules - How can we make Core smaller? - Should we redo our config code to use something like Jackson or Commons Configuration? We have a lot of config code... Not sure if everything you can do in XML is doable in JSON and YAML. YAML is gross IMO but some people like it.
What else? Gary
