This is a vote to release Log4j 2.0-alpha1, which will be the first release of Log4j 2.0.
This is release candidate number 2. Changes from the first release candidate include: Modified all references to Logj42 to Log4j 2, Log4j 2.0 or Log4j 2.x. Modified the footer on the web site to conform to branding requirements. Modified the footer in the javadoc to conform to branding requirements. Modified the source repository pages to show the correct location in trunk. Added the release date to the changelog and changes reports. Added text to the "Using" section of the build page. Removed links to Log4j 1.x and chainsaw from the top bar. Renamed FormattedMessage to MultiformatMessage and removed the setter and getter and replace it with a getFormattedMsg that accepts the formats. Fixed several codestyle issues. Upgraded from flume-1.0.0-incubating to flume-1.2.0. Modified the download links to point to the locations where the artifacts will reside after release. Tag: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/logging/log4j/log4j2/tags/log4j-2.0-alpha1/ Web site: http://people.apache.org/~rgoers/log4j2/ Artifacts: Nexus Staging Location: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-094/ Each of the artifacts below will be located in the location of its Maven coordinates. For example, log4j-core-2.0-alpha1.jar is located at org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-core/2.0-alpha1/log4j-core-2.0-alpha1.jar, under the Nexus staging location. Description: Log4j 2.0-alpha1 rc2 Details: The following artifacts have been staged to the org.apache.logging-094 (u:rgoers, a:99.180.69.21) repository. archetype-catalog.xml log4j-flume-ng-2.0-alpha1-javadoc.jar log4j-flume-ng-2.0-alpha1-tests.jar.asc log4j-flume-ng-2.0-alpha1-javadoc.jar.asc log4j-flume-ng-2.0-alpha1-sources.jar.asc log4j-flume-ng-2.0-alpha1.jar.asc log4j-flume-ng-2.0-alpha1.jar log4j-flume-ng-2.0-alpha1.pom log4j-flume-ng-2.0-alpha1-sources.jar log4j-flume-ng-2.0-alpha1-tests.jar log4j-flume-ng-2.0-alpha1.pom.asc log4j-jcl-2.0-alpha1-sources.jar log4j-jcl-2.0-alpha1.pom.asc log4j-jcl-2.0-alpha1-sources.jar.asc log4j-jcl-2.0-alpha1-javadoc.jar.asc log4j-jcl-2.0-alpha1.jar log4j-jcl-2.0-alpha1.pom log4j-jcl-2.0-alpha1.jar.asc log4j-jcl-2.0-alpha1-javadoc.jar log4j12-api-2.0-alpha1-javadoc.jar.asc log4j12-api-2.0-alpha1-sources.jar log4j12-api-2.0-alpha1-sources.jar.asc log4j12-api-2.0-alpha1.jar log4j12-api-2.0-alpha1.pom.asc log4j12-api-2.0-alpha1-javadoc.jar log4j12-api-2.0-alpha1.pom log4j12-api-2.0-alpha1.jar.asc log4j-distribution-2.0-alpha1-bin.zip.asc log4j-distribution-2.0-alpha1-src.zip log4j-distribution-2.0-alpha1-bin.zip log4j-distribution-2.0-alpha1.pom log4j-distribution-2.0-alpha1-src.zip.asc log4j-distribution-2.0-alpha1-src.tar.gz.asc log4j-distribution-2.0-alpha1-src.tar.gz log4j-distribution-2.0-alpha1-bin.tar.gz.asc log4j-distribution-2.0-alpha1-bin.tar.gz log4j-distribution-2.0-alpha1.pom.asc log4j-2.0-alpha1.pom log4j-2.0-alpha1.pom.asc log4j-core-2.0-alpha1-javadoc.jar log4j-core-2.0-alpha1.pom log4j-core-2.0-alpha1.pom.asc log4j-core-2.0-alpha1-tests.jar.asc log4j-core-2.0-alpha1-sources.jar log4j-core-2.0-alpha1-tests.jar log4j-core-2.0-alpha1-sources.jar.asc log4j-core-2.0-alpha1-javadoc.jar.asc log4j-core-2.0-alpha1.jar.asc log4j-core-2.0-alpha1.jar log4j-api-2.0-alpha1.jar.asc log4j-api-2.0-alpha1.pom log4j-api-2.0-alpha1-javadoc.jar.asc log4j-api-2.0-alpha1-sources.jar log4j-api-2.0-alpha1-sources.jar.asc log4j-api-2.0-alpha1.jar log4j-api-2.0-alpha1-javadoc.jar log4j-api-2.0-alpha1.pom.asc slf4j-impl-2.0-alpha1-sources.jar.asc slf4j-impl-2.0-alpha1.pom slf4j-impl-2.0-alpha1-javadoc.jar slf4j-impl-2.0-alpha1.jar slf4j-impl-2.0-alpha1.jar.asc slf4j-impl-2.0-alpha1-javadoc.jar.asc slf4j-impl-2.0-alpha1-sources.jar slf4j-impl-2.0-alpha1.pom.asc
