I will say that the one thing that is missing is a page on the Log4j 2 web site 
like http://www.slf4j.org/legacy.html that documents these components (with 
similar pretty pictures) and compares them with what is offered by SLF4J. 

Ralph


On Jul 17, 2013, at 10:13 PM, Ralph Goers wrote:

> Also, "binding" is the term SLF4J uses for implementations of its API, so 
> that should make sense to SLF4J users looking for implementations.  Log4j 1.2 
> is an implementation of that API - the "real" log4j 1.x jars should not be 
> used.  The JCL bridge is exactly that, a bridge between the Commons Logging 
> jar and Log4j 2 (the commons logging jar is required).
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Jul 17, 2013, at 10:07 PM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> We have already renamed these at least twice.  Just leave them be.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Jul 17, 2013, at 7:07 PM, Remko Popma <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Currently we have three different names for things that provide a 
>>> bridge/adapter from other logging APIs to the Log4j2 implementation:
>>> (Commons Logging) Bridge, (Log4j 1.2) API, and (SLF4J) Binding.
>>> 
>>> Would it be a good idea to call them all "Bridge"?
>>> 
>>> On the web site, components would then become:
>>> Commons Logging Bridge, Log4j 1.2 Bridge, and SLF4J Bridge.
>>> 
>>> The jar files would become:
>>> log4j-jcl-bridge-2.0.jar
>>> log4j-1.2-api-bridge-2.0.jar
>>> log4j-slf4j-bridge-2.0.jar
>>> 
>>> I would especially like to rename log4j-1.2-api-2.0.jar so we only have one 
>>> jar with "api" in the name.
>>> 
>>> Thoughts?

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