For the records, the very same frustration was my initial driver to start
working on log4j2-logstash-layout as a separate project. (That said, this
path led other advantages for the plugin.) I think this awkwardly high
entry barrier repels many potential contributors. Sometimes you just want
to fix a one liner, but end up throwing the towel once you figure out the
project does not even build properly in your IDE. Just my 2 cents...

On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 10:33 PM Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:

> The maven config has gotten so complicated now that IntelliJ no longer
> knows how to compile anything or run tests. I've tried using Java 8 as
> a default JDK, but that leads to errors because IntelliJ doesn't
> recognize the java9 modules as using a different JDK. I tried manually
> changing those modules, but then I get some javac error with no error
> message.
>
> Next, I tried using Java 12 as the default JDK, but then came across
> an issue in a test that I fixed in master. Now I'm stuck trying to get
> the log4j-jmx-gui module to compile in Java 12 because jconsole.jar is
> now jdk.jconsole.jmod, and I can't find any docs on using maven to
> generate any JPMS stuff.
>
> To be clear, this all builds perfectly fine from the command line
> using maven directly.
>
> --
> Matt Sicker <[email protected]>
>

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