+1 Ralph
> On Jul 5, 2016, at 10:53 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > This is a vote to release Log4j 2.6.2, 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 LOG4J2-1395: Add "direct" option to ConsoleAppender for increased > performance. > o LOG4J2-1437: (GC) ObjectMessage and ReusableObjectMessage now avoid > calling toString() on auto-boxed primitive parameters. > o LOG4J2-1415: (GC) ParameterFormatter now avoids calling toString() on > auto-boxed primitive message parameters. > o LOG4J2-1412: Unbox utility's ringbuffer of StringBuilders is now > configurable. > > Fixed Bugs: > o LOG4J2-1414: Fixed minor issues with the 2.6.1 web site. Thanks to Ralph > Goers. > o LOG4J2-1434: Ensure that the thread-local StringBuilders used by Layouts > to format log events to text will not > retain excessive memory after a large message was logged. Thanks to > Luke Butters. > o LOG4J2-1418: Provide MessageFactory2 to custom Logger implementations. > o LOG4J2-1420: RollingRandomAccessFileManager was not properly rolling over > on startup and was getting a NullPointerException. > o LOG4J2-1417: Fixed issue where Unbox utility ignored the value > Constants.ENABLE_THREADLOCALS and always stored non-JDK classes in > ThreadLocals. > o LOG4J2-1422: Fixed issue where AsyncAppenderQueueFullPolicyTest sometimes > hangs. > o LOG4J2-1445: OnStartupTriggeringPolicyTest fails on Windows saying the > file is used by another process. Thanks to Ludovic HOCHET. > > Changes: > o LOG4J2-1432: Update Jackson from 2.7.4 to 2.7.5. > o LOG4J2-1433: Update Jansi from 1.11 to 1.13. > o LOG4J2-1444: Update Apache Commons Compress from 1.11 to 1.12. > Tag: > > a) for a new copy do "git clone > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2.git > <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2.git>" and then "git > checkout tags/log4j-2.6.2-rc1” > b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout > tags/log4j-2.6.2-rc1” > Web Site: > <http://rgoers.github.io/log4j2-site/index.html>http://rgoers.github.io/log4j2-site/index.html > <http://rgoers.github.io/log4j2-site/index.html> > > Artifacts: > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1020 > <https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1020> > > 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-1020/org/apache/logging/log4j/ > > <https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1020/org/apache/logging/log4j/> > Ralph >