I am not sure how that “patch” integrates with Log4j but I get the idea of the problem. To be honest, I have very mixed feelings about creating a patch release for this.
Ralph > On Jul 14, 2016, at 7:56 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: > > According to this poster, it appears 1.x is not compatible with JDK 9: > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2016-July/008654.html > <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2016-July/008654.html> > > I told them I would notify our development community. So here's the > notification. :-) > > Given how widely used 1.x is still, what do you guys think of one more 1.x > release? Usually I would never entertain the suggestion, but this may be the > one time the justification makes sense. For those who still use 1.x and have > no time to upgrade to 2.x, I can't think of a better way to support the user > community than fix this issue. > > PS: Inside the post is a link to the supposed patch. > > WDYT? > > Cheers, > Paul