Not in my book.  I suspect it could be worked around by including a more modern 
version of Xerces.  What I don’t get is that they must be using Java 7.  Seems 
strange to support that and not have XInclude support.

Ralph

> On Sep 22, 2015, at 3:33 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Is LOG4J2-1127 worth another RC?
> 
> Gary
> 
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Remko Popma <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> (Including PMC in recipients)
> 
> 
> +1
> 
> I see many issues with the site (details below), but AFAICS no showstoppers - 
> unless we consider dependency-convergence mandatory?
> I also found a bug in CsvLogEventLayout: NanoTime will always be zero (need 
> to set NanoClockFactory mode - details below).
> 
> ----
> (Notation: "-": current problematic text to be replaced, "+": replacement 
> text)
> ----
> 
> changelog.html (outdated/wrong)
> -Configuration via property files is not supported.
> +Configuration via property files is supported from version 2.4, but is not 
> compatible with Log4j 1.x.
> 
> changes.xml (improvement)
> -LOG4J2-952: Add ConfigurationBuilder.
> +LOG4J2-952: Add ConfigurationBuilder for programmatic configuration.
> 
> faq.html (outdated, duplicate)
> * Under "How do I configure log4j2 in code without a configuration file?"
> -You could use the static method #initialize(String contextName, ClassLoader 
> loader, String configLocation) (see source code) in 
> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator. (You can pass null for the 
> class loader.) Be aware that this class is not part of the public API so your 
> code may break with any minor release.
> +From 2.4, Log4j 2 provides an [API for programmatic 
> configuration|manual/customconfig.html]. The new ConfigurationBuilder API 
> allows you to create Configurations in code by constructing component 
> _definitions_ without requiring you to know about the internals of actual 
> configuration objects like Loggers and Appenders.
> 
> * Merge these answers into a single Q&A entry:
> "How do I change a logger's level in code?" and 
> "How do I set a logger's level programmatically?"
> 
> * Version
> -the log4j-api-2.1 and the log4j-core-2.1 jar files
> +the log4j-api-2.4 and the log4j-core-2.4 jar files
> 
> 
> manual/appenders.html (site errors and ambiguities)
> * Kafka Appender is missing from the left nav-bar in Appenders
> 
> -The KafkaAppender log events 
> +The KafkaAppender logs events 
> 
> -lilter (Parameter Name)
> +filter
> 
> -If you do not specify a layout, if not specified the formatted message as an 
> UTF-8 encoded string will be sent to Kafka.
> +If you do not specify a layout, the formatted message will be sent to Kafka 
> as an UTF-8 encoded string.
> 
> -This appender requires Kafka client library
> +This appender requires Kafka client library. (add period at end)
> 
> 
> ZeroMQ appender: 
> * Section title and left nav-bar title should be "JeroMQ". (and section will 
> need to move to keep alphabetic order)
> * Is a layout required? What layout is used if nothing is specified?
> 
> -The name of the Appender.
> +The name of the Appender. Required.
> 
> (Parameter Name)
> -Layout
> +layout (lower case)
> 
> -Filters
> +filters (lower case); other appenders use singular "filter" without trailing 
> 's', but the code for JeroMQ says @PluginElement("Filters") Filter filter
> 
> -Property, Type=Property
> +properties (lower case, plural), Type=Property[] - to be consistent with 
> docs for PropertiesRewritePolicy in RewriteAppender
> 
> 
> manual/layouts.html (CsvLogEventLayout bug, site errors)
> * CSV Layout is missing from the left nav-bar in Layouts
> * CSV Layout section should mention dependency on Apache Commons CSV. (See 
> JSONLayout on same page.)
> * Bug: CsvLogEventLayout generates NanoTime timestamps but these are always 
> zero.
>   To fix this, add the below code to the CsvLogEventLayout constructor:
>       // LOG4J2-1074 Switch to actual clock if nanosecond timestamps are 
> required in config.
>       // LoggerContext will notify known NanoClockFactory users that the 
> configuration has changed.
>       NanoClockFactory.setMode(NanoClockFactory.Mode.System);
> 
> * GELF Layout should be before HTML Layout in body text and in left nav-bar 
> (alphabetical order)
> * HTML Layout should be before JSON Layout in body text (alphabetical order - 
> the nav-bar order is correct)
> * (Under Location Information)
>       -%C or $class - this is rendered as "%C or class java.lang.Object"      
>       +%C or %class
> 
> 
> manual/customconfig.html (improvements)
> * Side-nav menu title "Extending Log4j Configuration" should be "Programmatic 
> Log4j Configuration"
> * Title "Custom Configurations" -> "Programmatic Configuration"
> 
> 
> log4j-api/dependency-convergence.html
> Error: You do not have 100 % convergence. - is this a showstopper?
> 
> log4j-api/clirr-report.html
> 77 Clirr errors - I believe these are all expected and can be ignored.
> 
> log4j-api/checkstyle.html
> 122 checkstyle errors - not showstoppers
> 
> log4j-core/index.html
> * Missing dependency information for JeroMQ/ZeroMQ Appender on JeroMQ library
> * Missing dependency information for CSV layouts on Apache Commons CSV
> 
> log4j-core/dependency-convergence.html
> Error: You do not have 100 % convergence. - Is this a showstopper?
> 
> log4j-core/checkstyle.html
> 1652 checkstyle errors - not showstoppers
> 
> 
> log4j-liquibase/index.html
> -due the the plugin auto discovery
> -due to the plugin auto discovery
> 
> log4j-liquibase/dependency-convergence.html
> Error: You do not have 100 % convergence. - Is this a showstopper?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Ralph Goers <[email protected] <>> 
> wrote:
> This is a vote to release Log4j 2.4, the next version of the Log4j 2 project.
> 
> Please download, test, and cast your votes on the log4j developers list.
> [] +1, release the artifacts
> [] -1, don't release because...
> 
> The vote will remain open for 72 hours (or more if required). All votes are 
> welcome, but only Logging PMC votes are “officially” counted. As always, at 
> least 3 +1 votes and more positive than negative votes are required.
> 
> Changes in this version include:
> 
> New features:
> o LOG4J2-635:  Add support for configuration via Properties.
> o LOG4J2-952:  Add ConfigurationBuilder.
> o LOG4J2-599:  Added support for Java 8 lambda expressions to lazily 
> construct a log message only if
>               the requested log level is enabled.
> o LOG4J2-1118:  Updated Logger wrapper generator tool to add Java 8 lambda 
> support for custom log levels.
> o LOG4J2-1107:  New Appender for Apache Kafka. Thanks to Mikael Ståldal.
> o LOG4J2-1113:  New publisher Appender for ZeroMQ (using JeroMQ). Thanks to 
> Gary Gregory.
> o LOG4J2-1088:  Add Comma Separated Value (CSV) layouts for parameter and 
> event logging. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
> o LOG4J2-1090:  Add Core Configurator APIs to change a logger's level.
> o LOG4J2-1105:  Add API org.apache.logging.log4j.Level.isInRange(Level, 
> Level). Thanks to Gary Gregory.
> o LOG4J2-1106:  Add a LevelRangeFilter class. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
> o LOG4J2-1076:  Added support for system nanosecond time in pattern layout.
> o LOG4J2-1075:  Added support for compressing to bzip2 format on file 
> rollover.
> o LOG4J2-1077:  Support additional Apache Commons Compress compression 
> formats on rollover: Deflate, Pack200, XY.
> o LOG4J2-767:  New module for Liquibase integration. Thanks to Mikael Ståldal.
> o LOG4J2-1023:  New RewritePolicy for changing level of a log event. Thanks 
> to Mikael Ståldal.
> o LOG4J2-1015:  Add a way to route messages based on the %marker in Layout 
> for RoutingAppender. Thanks to Daniel Marcotte.
> o LOG4J2-1050:  Add a Log4jLookup class to help write log files relative to 
> log4j2.xml. Thanks to Adam Retter.
> o LOG4J2-1057:  Add API 
> org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getFormatterLogger().
> o LOG4J2-1066:  Expose Log4jContextFactory's ShutdownCallbackRegistry. Thanks 
> to Charles Allen.
> 
> Fixed Bugs:
> o LOG4J2-1121:  Fixed potential race condition on reconfiguration. Introduced 
> ReliabilityStrategy to facilitate
>         switching between different mechanisms for preventing log events from 
> being dropped on reconfiguration.
> o LOG4J2-1123:  Core Configurator.initialize(String, ClassLoader, String) 
> fails to work when config location is a file path. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
> o LOG4J2-1117:  OutputStreamManager in ConsoleAppender leaking managers. 
> Thanks to Marcus Thiesen.
> o LOG4J2-1044:  Write pending events to Flume when the appender is stopped.
> o LOG4J2-1108:  NullPointerException when passing null to 
> java.util.logging.Logger.setLevel(). Thanks to Mikael Ståldal.
> o LOG4J2-1110:  org.apache.logging.log4j.jul.CoreLogger.setLevel() checks for 
> security permission too late.
> o LOG4J2-1084:  Misleading StatusLogger WARN event in LogManager with 
> java.util.Map. Thanks to Philipp Schneider.
> o LOG4J2-1051:  NoClassDefFoundError when starting app on Google App Engine. 
> Thanks to Lukasz Lenart.
> o LOG4J2-684:  ExtendedThrowablePatternConverter does not print suppressed 
> exceptions. Thanks to Joern Huxhorn, Mauro Molinari.
> o LOG4J2-1069:  Improper handling of JSON escape chars when deserializing 
> JSON log events. Thanks to Sam Braam.
> o LOG4J2-1068:  Exceptions not logged when using TcpSocketServer + 
> SerializedLayout. Thanks to Andy McMullan.
> o LOG4J2-1067:  ThrowableProxy getExtendedStackTraceAsString throws NPE on 
> deserialized nested exceptions. Thanks to Sam Braam.
> o LOG4J2-1049:  AsyncAppender now resets the thread interrupted flag after 
> catching InterruptedException. Thanks to Robert Schaft.
> o LOG4J2-1048:  FileConfigurationMonitor unnecessarily calls 
> System.currentTimeMillis() causing high CPU usage. Thanks to Nikhil.
> o LOG4J2-1037:  Backward compatibility issue in log4j-1.2-api NDC pop() and 
> peek(). Thanks to Marc Dergacz.
> o LOG4J2-1025:  Custom java.util.logging.Level gives null Log4j Level and 
> causes NPE. Thanks to Mikael Ståldal.
> o LOG4J2-1033:  SimpleLogger creates unnecessary Map objects by calling 
> ThreadContext.getContext() instead of getImmutableContext(). Thanks to Mikael 
> Ståldal.
> o LOG4J2-1026:  HighlightConverter does not obey noConsoleNoAnsi.
> o LOG4J2-1019:  ZipCompressAction leaves files open until GC when an IO error 
> takes place.
> o LOG4J2-1020:  GzCompressAction leaves files open until GC when an IO error 
> takes place.
> o LOG4J2-1038:  Incorrect documentation for layout default charset. Thanks to 
> Gili.
> o LOG4J2-1042:  Socket and Syslog appenders don't take timeout into account 
> at startup. Thanks to Guillaume Turri.
> o LOG4J2-934:  Circular suppressed Exception throws StackOverflowError. 
> Thanks to Kenneth Gendron.
> o LOG4J2-1046:  Circular Exception cause throws StackOverflowError. Thanks to 
> Kenneth Gendron.
> o LOG4J2-982:  Use System.nanoTime() to measure time intervals. Thanks to 
> Mikhail Mazurskiy.
> o LOG4J2-1045:  Externalize log4j2.xml via URL resource. Thanks to Günter 
> Albrecht.
> o LOG4J2-1058:  Log4jMarker#contains(String) does not respect 
> org.slf4j.Marker contract. Thanks to Daniel Branzea.
> o LOG4J2-1060:  Log4jMarker#contains(Marker) does not respect 
> org.slf4j.Marker contract.
> o LOG4J2-1061:  Log4jMarker#remove(Marker) does not respect org.slf4j.Marker 
> contract.
> o LOG4J2-1062:  Log4jMarker#add(Marker) does not respect org.slf4j.Marker 
> contract.
> o LOG4J2-1064:  org.apache.logging.slf4j.Log4jMarker does not implement 
> org.slf4j.Marker.equals(Object) org.slf4j.Marker.hashCode().
> o LOG4J2-889:  Header in layout should not be written on application startup 
> if appending to an existing file. Fixes LOG4J2-1030. Thanks to Maciej Karaś, 
> Kenneth Leider.
> o LOG4J2-918:  Clarify documentation for combining async with sync loggers.
> o LOG4J2-1078:  GelfLayout throws exception if some log event fields are 
> null. Thanks to Mikael Ståldal.
> 
> Changes:
> o LOG4J2-1017:  Update Java platform from Java 6 to 7. From this version 
> onwards, log4j 2 requires Java 7.
> o LOG4J2-812:  PatternLayout timestamp formatting performance improvement: 
> replaced synchronized SimpleDateFormat with
>         Apache Commons FastDateFormat. This and better caching resulted in a 
> ~3-30X faster timestamp formatting.
> o LOG4J2-1097:  PatternLayout timestamp formatting performance improvement: 
> predefined date formats (and variants using
>         a period '.' millisecond separator instead of ',') are now formatted 
> ~2-10X faster than other date formats.
> o LOG4J2-1096:  Improved performance of 
> ParameterizedMessage::getFormattedMessage by ~2X.
> o LOG4J2-1120:  LoggerConfig performance improvements: avoid unnecessary lock 
> acquisition, use more efficient data structure.
> o LOG4J2-1125:  PatternLayout performance improvement by caching and reusing 
> a ThreadLocal StringBuilder.
> o LOG4J2-1114:  Add thread name to status logger layout.
> o LOG4J2-1010:  Pass log event when interpolating logger properties.
> o LOG4J2-1044:  Support batchSize in FlumeAvroManager.
> o LOG4J2-1065:  Define org.apache.logging.log4j.Marker.equals(Object) and 
> org.apache.logging.log4j.Marker.hashCode().
> o LOG4J2-1063:  Avoid creating temporary array object in 
> org.apache.logging.slf4j.Log4jMarker.iterator().
> o LOG4J2-890:  log4j-web-2.1 should workaround a bug in JBOSS EAP 6.2. Thanks 
> to Hassan Kalaldeh, Robert Andersson, Remko Popma.
> o LOG4J2-403:  MongoDB appender, username and password should be optional. 
> Thanks to Poorna Subhash P, Jeremy Lautman.
> o LOG4J2-1035:  Log4j2 tries to SystemClassLoader when running on Google 
> AppEngine.
> o LOG4J2-1022:  Allow a list of keys to be specified in the MDC pattern 
> converter.
> o LOG4J2-959:  Fix FindBugs DM_DEFAULT_ENCODING bug in 
> SimpleLogger.logMessage() and simplify code.
> o LOG4J2-1036:  Update Apache Flume from 1.5.2 to 1.6.0.
> o LOG4J2-1041:  Update MongoDB driver from 2.11.2 to 2.13.2.
> o LOG4J2-1018:  Update database tests from H2 1.3.175 to 1.3.176.
> o LOG4J2-1070:  Update Java Mail from 1.5.2 to 1.5.4.
> o LOG4J2-1079:  Update Jackson from 2.5.3 to 2.5.4.
> o LOG4J2-1879:  Update Jackson from 2.5.4 to 2.6.0.
> o LOG4J2-1092:  Update Jackson from 2.6.0 to 2.6.1.
> o LOG4J2-1104:  Update Apache Commons Compress from 1.9 to 1.10.
> 
> Removed:
> o Removed experimental interface LevelLogger which got committed to master by 
> mistake.
> 
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> b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout 
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