Then again, if you don’t vote +1 that could force another release.

Ralph

> On Sep 22, 2015, at 4:17 PM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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] 
>> <mailto:[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 changelog.html (outdated/wrong)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 faq.html (outdated, duplicate)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.
>> 
>> Tag:https:// 
>> <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=logging-log4j2.git;a=tree;h=380e13cd7ab965942f1d5cfabd73dd056d728b28;hb=383a8194acab4a740d22b69c023ca3af6cb9c664>git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=logging-log4j2.git;a=tree;h=380e13cd7ab965942f1d5cfabd73dd056d728b28;hb=383a8194acab4a740d22b69c023ca3af6cb9c664
>>  
>> <http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=logging-log4j2.git;a=tree;h=380e13cd7ab965942f1d5cfabd73dd056d728b28;hb=383a8194acab4a740d22b69c023ca3af6cb9c664>
>>  or 
>> a)  for a new copy do "git clone 
>> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2.git 
>> <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2.git>" and then "git 
>> checkout tags/log4j-2.4"
>> b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout 
>> tags/log4j-2.4”
>> 
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>> 
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>> Ralph
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