What would be neat would be a tool like this one: http://logback.qos.ch/translator/
On 13 June 2016 at 12:08, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > wrote: > >> The biggest complaints we seem to be getting are about the effort in >> transitioning from Log4j 1.x to 2. To be fair, they would have the same >> amount of effort to transition to anything. I believe someone created a >> tool to help convert Log4j 1.x configuration to Log4j 2 format. >> > > Note that I started an effort to read Log4j 1 configuration files, please > see org.apache.log4j.config.Log4j1ConfigurationFactory. It is minimal but > it is a start. My longer term plan is to use that to help migrate my work > app server from Log4j 1 to 2 with less friction from our tools group and > users. > > Gary > > >> At the very least we should link to that. If possible, we should consider >> incorporating it into our web site. >> >> What has been encouraging to me is the activity on Stack Overflow. As of >> right now I get 3,162 Log4j 2 questions vs 12,425 SLF4J questions and 6,581 >> Logback questions. Both SLF4J and Logback have been around far longer. I >> think our participation there has really helped. >> >> OTOH, the discussion on the Commons Dev list was rather disappointing. >> >> Ralph >> >> >> On Jun 13, 2016, at 7:52 AM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> In spite of the fact that Log4j 2 has a very compelling story in terms of >> feature set and performance, I get the impression that adoption is quite >> slow. I could be wrong, but how many open source projects use Log4j 2? Or >> even how many Apache projects? >> >> I propose we try to generate some ideas about what we can do to increase >> our uptake. Some things I've been thinking about: >> >> * Rewrite the Wikipedia page on Log4j >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log4j>. It's mostly about Log4j 1.2 and >> mentions Log4j 2 at the bottom in a footnote. That needs to be the other >> way around in my opinion. The Wikipedia Java logging framework >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_logging_framework> page is even >> worse. >> * The Apache Logging site <https://logging.apache.org/> has no explicit >> mention that Log4j 1 is EOL. >> * Only the top page on the Log4j 1 site >> <https://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/> mentions that the project is >> EOL, but it does so in two modest sentences that don't visually stick out >> and are easily ignored. At the very least the download page needs a mention >> of the EOL and a link to the Log4j 2 project, but it may be good to have a >> notification on every page. >> * Can we get other people involved in evangelizing log4j 2? It would be >> great if we can make more people enthusiastic so they write blog posts or >> tutorials etc about Log4j 2. >> * How can we incentivise people to convert their project to Log4j 2? >> Maybe start a page on Projects Using Log4j 2 and mention people who did the >> conversion by name? Or some other way? >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Remko >> >> >> > > > -- > 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>
