blogged! and plus'ed :) https://blogs.apache.org/logging/entry/apache_log4j_2_0_beta6
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote: > The Apache Log4j 2 team is pleased to announce the Log4j 2.0-beta6 release! > > Apache log4j is a well known framework for logging application behavior. > Log4j 2 is an upgrade to > Log4j that provides significant improvements over its predecessor, Log4j 1.x, > and provides > many of the improvements available in Logback while fixing some inherent > problems in Logback's > architecture. > > This is the eighth release of Log4j 2 and is being made available to > encourage use and feedback from the community. > > Bug fixes and enhancements > > Changes in this version include: > > > Fixed Bugs: > o LOG4J2-231: Logger.getParent() was not returning the correct Logger. > o LOG4J2-201: Renamed Plugin annotation attribute from "type" to "category". > o LOG4J2-219: Fix: install default root logger if not configured (this is > unchanged), > but make sure to include configured named loggers. Clarified > documentation. Thanks to Peter DePasquale. > o LOG4J2-159: Use OSGi version format in Fragment-Host > o LOG4J2-234: RegexFilter threw a NullPointerException when used as a > context-wide filter. > o LOG4J2-192: Add support for interpolating Environment variables when > processing the configuration. > o LOG4J2-235: Removed dependency on tools jar from core module, made > jconsole dependency optional. Thanks to Sebastian Oerding. > o LOG4J2-233: Fixed link to log4j-user mailing list. > o LOG4J2-222: Disruptor will now shutdown during Tomcat shutdown. Thanks to > Steven Yang. > o LOG4J2-224: The FlumeAppender failed to start if the Flume RPCClient could > not connect to any Flume agents. > o LOG4J2-223: Fix LoggerContext start and stop to eliminate > IllegalStateException and NoClassDefFound errors. > o LOG4J2-221: Remove hundreds of compiler warnings. Thanks to Nick Williams. > o LOG4J2-215: Various small documentation fixes. > o LOG4J2-217: Ensure PluginManager streams are always closed. Thanks to > Fabien Sanglard. > > Changes: > o LOG4J2-237: Moved JMX Client GUI classes into separate jmx-gui submodule. > o LOG4J2-230: Improved error reporting when misconfigured. Thanks to > Wojciech Zaręba. > o Renamed AsynchAppender to AsyncAppender. Plugin name became Async (was > Asynch). > o Removed CheckStyle false positives for NewlineAtEndOfFile and whitespace > following '*' at end of line in javadoc. > o Moved Clock interface to package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.helpers. > o LOG4J2-225: Documentation updates to clarify use and impact of location in > pattern layouts. > > > Apache Log4j 2.0-beta6 requires a minimum of Java 6 to build and run. Basic > compatibility with > Log4j 1.x is provided through the log4j-1.2-api component, however it does > not implement some of the > very implementation specific classes and methods. The package names and Maven > groupId have been changed to > org.apache.logging.log4j to avoid any conflicts with log4j 1.x. > > For complete information on Apache Log4j 2, including instructions on how to > submit bug reports, > patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Apache Log4j 2 > website: > > http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/ -- http://www.grobmeier.de https://www.timeandbill.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
