On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:34 AM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 9:30 PM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Monday, 13 June 2016, 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. >>> >> >> How can I update the Log4j 1 site and the Apache Logging site? >> > Seriously, is there a release procedure to follow here or should I just > ssh into the logging.apache.org server and modify the HTML? > I thought all sites where done through SVN these days and a CMS, like Apache Commons does: https://commons.apache.org/site-publish.html Gary > > >> >> >> >>> * 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
