Is it necessary to remove the download links? I would suggest adding text saying "we cannot help if you have any issues with these versions, but if you need them, they are here". Just to clarify to whoever is interested, that if you have to (for whatever reason) use Java 6, then use Log4j 2.3; and similarly, for Java 7, use Log4j 2.12.1. That mapping is valuable and should not be removed from the site IMO.
Publicly announcing "we only have bandwidth to help you with the latest version" is a good way to set expectations, I am all in favour of that! So, if the vote is about "dropping support for Java 6 and 7", I am +1. If the vote is about removing links where people can download older binaries, I am -0. (Minus zero, hmm... what an odd value... :-) :-) Remko On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 3:05 PM Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > This is a vote to announce Log4j 2 will no longer support Java 6 or Java > 7. We will remove the download links for Log4j 2.3 and 2.12.1 from the web > site and future release announcements. Of course, both will continue to be > available from the distribution archives and Maven Central, and every prior > version of the web site is still accessible at > http://logging.apache.org/log4j/log4j-{version}/index.html. > > My +1 > > Ralph > > > >
