Both the additions are good. I must say we can go ahead and provide support of Java 7 and Log4j2 in Release 13.07.
>> True, that shouldn't affect those considering OFBiz. But sys admins configure tools to analyze OFBiz logs, and the new format could break those tools. Keep in mind there may be >> hundreds of production deployments running on the R13 branch. I agree that there may be some issues at Sys Admin end due to new log format. But most of the sys admin guys(More than 10) with whom I met were smart enough and they can do necessary changes within a short duration of time. And still if they are having any major issues they can share their concerns on the mailing list and we can help them. -- Kind Regards, Ashish Vijaywargiya On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Jacopo Cappellato < [email protected]> wrote: > Before I start the process of preparing the release files for the first > release of the 13.07 series and call a vote on it I would like to get your > feedback on a couple of topics. > > Should we backport to it the recent switch to Java 7? > Should we backport to it the recent update to Log4j2? > > The main reason I am asking this is that once we release the first release > out of 13.07, for sure we will not backport the aforementioned upgrades > (because they are not bugs); however the 13.07 releases will stay with us > for at least 2 years and it would be nice to do the migration to these new > technologies now. > > Thanks in advance, > > Jacopo
