I agree on putting out an RC release. I think it might help spur some 3rd party development to integrate with the new version.
On 27 January 2014 12:37, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, yes, the new level API needs to go through a non-GA release. Aside > from that, I am behind in my Log4j2 homework to see how much work it will > be to convert our Log4j1 code and extensions to v2. But that's just an > issue on my end that should not hold up everyone else. > > I've been out of 100% commission for almost a week so I need to try and > use the new level system... > > Gary > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Ralph Goers > <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com>wrote: > >> Due to the API change I can agree with having another beta or an RC but >> the reason I asked about GA is that I am not aware of very many showstopper >> issues that need to be addressed. I am sensing that you have a real >> reluctance to have Log4j 2 released as GA and I am trying to understand >> what the reason is. >> >> Ralph >> >> On Jan 27, 2014, at 6:15 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I agree with Nick. Changing levels to be extensible warrants another >> Beta. I'd like to see a stable API before we get into RC mode. >> >> What about: >> >> - Now: Another Beta >> - +1 month, If the API is stable: RC1 >> - RCs until shows stoppers are fixed, pick a rhythm: once a week may be >> too much, once a month too long. Every two weeks seems pretty frequent for >> our bunch for a ramp down. >> >> Thoughts on that? >> >> I am not so much concerned about OSGi now since I look at this as more of >> a packaging issue and how much gets dragged in the container with >> dependencies. For OSGi, are we really considering delivering one bundle >> (jar) per appender? >> >> I am more concerned about all the issues people seem to have in servlet >> environments. >> >> >> Gary >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Nick Williams < >> nicho...@nicholaswilliams.net> wrote: >> >>> I wouldn't necessarily vote against a GA, but given that we just MAJORLY >>> overhauled Level, I think a brief RC is in order. It would be a shame if >>> someone found a problem with Level a week after GA that caused us to need >>> to change the API to fix it. >>> Nick >>> >>> >>> On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:51 AM, Remko Popma wrote: >>> >>> I'd like to fix LOG4J-412 and 448, but neither of them are showstoppers >>> IMHO. >>> >>> Remko >>> >>> On Monday, January 27, 2014, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Since we are having good discussions I would also like to find out what >>>> are blockers to a GA release. My list includes: >>>> 1. The fix Nick is working on to allow Servlet initialization to be >>>> disabled from automatically happening in a 3.0 container. >>>> 2. Support for programmatic configuration of Loggers. I planned on >>>> working on that this weekend but worked on the custom levels instead. >>>> >>>> While I believe better support for OSGi is necessary I don’t believe we >>>> will be able to do that for GA. >>>> >>>> Are there any other Jira issues or features that anybody else feels is >>>> required? >>>> >>>> Ralph >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second >> Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> >> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >> >> >> > > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second > Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
