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> On 2016/07/03, at 5:01, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > Personally, I don’t think talks do all that much. Articles are great, but IMO > the best route is in trying to get other open source projects to use Log4j. +1 > Then people who start to use those other projects are forced to learn about > Log4j. > > Ralph > >> On Jul 2, 2016, at 12:15 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> If we could get a talk in to something big like JavaOne, that might help >> adoption, though I have no idea what kind of talks they accept from >> non-Oracle people (if any). >> >> On 2 July 2016 at 08:57, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:52 PM, 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. 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 page is >>>> even worse. >>>> * The Apache Logging site has no explicit mention that Log4j 1 is EOL. >>> >>> I updated the Apache Logging page to mention that Log4j 1 is EOL. >>> >>>> * Only the top page on the Log4j 1 site 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. >>> >>> I added the EOL announcement to the top of all main pages in the Log4j 1 >>> site. >>> >>>> * 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >
