I am OK with this. It would be best if we could get Tomcat to publish a 
tomcat-log4j artifact.

Ralph

> On Jan 15, 2024, at 1:50 PM, Piotr P. Karwasz <piotr.karw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> While 3.x is approaching its first stable release as a meteor burning
> through the sky, its core is getting smaller as it approaches earth.
> 
> That is why I would propose to remove two further modules from 3.x:
> 
> * The functionality of `log4j-jcl` is included in `commons-logging`
> version 1.3.0 (and previously it was also provided by `spring-jcl`). I
> assume that users migrating to Log4j 3.x can also migrate to
> `commons-logging` 1.3.0.
> 
> * The Jetty 9.x logger, which is half of the functionality of
> `log4j-appserver`, can be replaced by `log4j-slf4j-impl` if the users
> are willing to migrate to Jetty 10.x. Since community support for
> Jetty 9.x ended two years ago, I guess user will migrate to a
> supported Jetty version first and only then think about Log4j 3.x.
> 
> * The Tomcat logger (the other half of `log4j-appserver`) is only
> part of the puzzle of artifacts required to have a fully functional
> logging system in Tomcat. I usually also needed my own artifacts from
> copernik-eu/log4j-plugins[1] to have something comparable (but still
> worse) than what WildFly has. I can adopt this part of
> `log4j-appserver` into copernik-eu/log4j-plugins and make a release
> before Log4j 3.0.0 is out. If there is any user interest in it, I can
> "contribute back" the Tomcat logger and other components in a future
> release.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> [1] https://github.com/copernik-eu/log4j-plugins

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