Yes, 1.2.x is hard to build. I would not spend time refactoring the build to produce different jars. For me, the fewer jars, the better.
I would say to folks: 1.2 is in maintenance mode based on the desire of volunteers. 2.0 is actively developed, use that. Gary On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Christian Grobmeier <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > I think it is time to discuss the future of log4j 1.x seriously. > > Honestly I was surprised how quick log4j 2 appeared. Under the > assumption it takes longer I patched 1.x a little bit and we have > started to refactor 1.x into some smaller jars (I would say it is > progressed to around 80% - some minor glitches and a first release > remaining). > > But with the increasing interest of people on log4j2 I was wondering > if we should really put any more effort into log4j1. It is hard to > build for most (thus the refactoring) and compared to log4j2 its > really not so good. We are a small team and we could make log4j2 a > great success if we would bundle our powers and stop releasing 1.x > series. > > On the other hand, not everybody can switch to 2.x in a second. > > So what to do? the usual process is to tell people a "end of life" of > 1.x series and do some bugfixes. I am not sure if that makes much > sense, as the release cycles were pretty slow in the past and some > bugs are more hard to fix than the bring benefit (now as we have > lo4j2). > > I would have most fun to stop maintaining log4j1 and step aboard to > log4j2. But of course, we have users. > > What do others think on that matter? > > Cheers > Christian > > PS: I put Ivan on CC as he always has good ideas, but I am not sure if > he is subscribed to log4j-dev > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: <http://goog_1249600977>http://bit.ly/ECvg0 Spring Batch in Action: <http://s.apache.org/HOq>http://bit.ly/bqpbCK Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
