Shall we add links to those on our site? On 13 June 2016 at 12:57, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> http://log4j-props2xml.appspot.com/ > https://github.com/jroyals/log4j-properties-converter/ > > https://github.com/mulesoft-labs/log4j2-migrator > > Ralph > > > On Jun 13, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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> > > > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
