+1 I was only able to do superficial checking this time. Remko
Sent from my iPhone > On 2015/12/07, at 10:46, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a vote to release Log4j 2.5, 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 and we encourage everyone to test the release, 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 LOG4J2-435: Added support for custom delete actions triggered by a > rollover. Thanks to Robert Schaft. > o LOG4J2-89: Allow rollover to occur at any time. Add CronTriggeringPolicy. > o LOG4J2-1136: Add support for JSR 223 scripts in filters and the > PatternSelector. > o LOG4J2-1168: Add getters for source and destination file in file rename > action. Thanks to Steven Swor. > o LOG4J2-1175: Add getters for classes in > org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.action. > o LOG4J2-898: Added system property to allow users to control whether > messages should be formatted in the background. > o LOG4J2-1178: Support use-case for JDBC's > CommonDataSource.setLogWriter(PrintWriter) and > java.sql.DriverManager.setLogWriter(PrintWriter). > o LOG4J2-1187: Support use case for > java.sql.DriverManager.setLogStream(PrintStream). > > Fixed Bugs: > o LOG4J2-324: Reduced memory usage of status messages in bounded queue; > support zero-length queue that stores no messages. > o LOG4J2-1173: Fixed rollover error when copying to a directory mapped to a > remote Linux host. > o LOG4J2-1195: Make KafkaAppender support SerializedLayout. Thanks to Melvin > Du. > o LOG4J2-381: Allow triggering policy and rollover strategy to be modified > during reconfiguration. Thanks to Anthony Baldocchi. > o LOG4J2-1029: Performance improvement when gathering location information. > Thanks to Stefan Leonhartsberger. > o LOG4J2-1172: Fixed ThreadLocal leak [AsyncLogger$Info] on Tomcat when > using AsyncLoggerContextSelector. > o LOG4J2-1176: Fixed memory leak when log4j jars are in Tomcat's lib folder. > o LOG4J2-1180: Logger cache does not account for message factory. Thanks to > Mikael Ståldal. > o LOG4J2-879: Documentation: fixed minor issues with the site and manual > pages. > o LOG4J2-999: RollingFileAppender should also roll over when log event time > is equal to rollover time, not only when later. Thanks to Joan Balagueró. > o LOG4J2-873: Fixed bug where omitting the <display-name> element in web.xml > caused incorrect log4j initialization, > resulting in memory leaks when the web application was stopped or > reloaded. Thanks to Martin Dickins, LC, Luke Woodward. > o LOG4J2-323: Better web app support for async loggers: Fixed a memory leak > that occurred when the logging jars are placed > in the container's classpath and the configuration file uses > AsyncRoot/AsyncLogger. > The problem was that the first web application started the Disruptor > background thread [AsyncLoggerConfig-1] but did not stop it until all web > apps are stopped. > Each web application now has its own Disruptor which is > stopped/started together with the web app. > o LOG4J2-493: Better web app support for async loggers: it is now possible > to place the logging jars in the container's > classpath when making all loggers asynchronous by using > AsyncLoggerContextSelector. This fixes a problem where > logging would stop working after stopping and restarting a web > application. > o LOG4J2-1171: Use servlet context name for logger context name when > available. > o LOG4J2-1159: Fixed a ThreadLocal memory leak in Tomcat8 that mentions > AsyncLoggers when Async Loggers are not used. > o LOG4J2-1166: AbstractConfiguration executor should use a > DaemonThreadFactory. > o LOG4J2-1165: Improve Log4j initialization status messages. > o LOG4J2-1156: Web site corrections and updates. > o LOG4J2-1158: Log4J JUL adapter is using MessageFormat on String passed by > java.util.function.Supplier<String>. Thanks to Michael Fortin, Gary Gregory. > o LOG4J2-801: org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Logger should be serializable. > o LOG4J2-1157: Fix compilation error for classes annotated with @Plugin. > Thanks to Norbert Bartels. > o LOG4J2-948: Fix plugin documentation error about Converters. Thanks to > Andrew Flower. > o LOG4J2-1193: Prefix all thread names Log4j creates with "Log4j2-". > o LOG4J2-1194: Documentation does not match parameters for > LoggerNameLevelRewritePolicy. Thanks to Adam Brin. > o LOG4J2-1196: MongoDbConnection does not close MongoClient. Thanks to René > Zanner. > > Changes: > o LOG4J2-649: Add PurgePolicy and IdlePurgePolicy to RoutingAppender. Thanks > to Aleksey Zvolinsky. > o LOG4J2-1202: Remove ConfigurationMonitor. The WatchManager is now used to > check for configuration changes. > o LOG4J2-1174: Update Jackson from 2.6.2 to 2.6.3. > o LOG4J2-1207: Update kafka-clients from 0.8.2.2 to 0.9.0.0. > > Tag: > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=logging-log4j2.git;a=tree;hb=eb814337c4f62b81ef5ba892fe4482466583ff80 > > a) for a new copy do "git clone > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2.git"; and then "git > checkout tags/log4j-2.5-rc1” > b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout > tags/log4j-2.5-rc1” > Web Site: http://people.apache.org/~rgoers/log4j2/ > > Artifacts: > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1017 > You may download all the artifacts by executing: > wget -e robots=off --cut-dirs=7 -nH -r -p -np --no-check-certificate > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1017/org/apache/logging/log4j/ > > Ralph > >
