Hello PMC,
According to our bylaws [0], our PMC has to vote on any new product releases. Consequently, I hereby request your formal approval of log4j release 1.2.9.
Log4j version 1.2.9, is identical to version 1.2.8, except that several key methods have been deprecated in preparation for version 1.3.0, the next major release of log4j. These changes are intended to enforce the rule that client code should never refer to the Category class directly, but use the Logger class instead. Similarly, client code should not refer to the Priority class but to the Level class instead.
See the document entitled "Preparing for log4j 1.3" [1] for a more detailed discussion.
Although the log4j committers have endorsed this release as can be seen from discussions on the log4j-dev list [2], to be on the proper side of things, this PMC must still vote on the matter.
<vote> [X] Yes, I approve releasing log4j version 1.2.9 [ ] No, I oppose releasing log4j version 1.2.9, because... [ ] Abstain </vote>
[0] http://logging.apache.org/site/bylaws.html (actions section, product release)
[1] http://www.qos.ch/logging/preparingFor13.jsp
[2] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=109908522300006&r=1&w=2
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