I agree with Remko, let's keep them unless they are in the way. We can remove all of them in Log4j 3.0.
On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 1:31 AM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: > It was mentioned on a mailing list or twitter conversation with > maintainers of another Apache project that one of the reasons they hesitate > to migrate to Log4j is that they worry we will break binary compatibility. > > Removing the factory methods just because we deprecated them seems a bit > harsh. > It's not like it's a huge maintenance effort to keep them. > > I would not remove the deprecated factory methods unless they actively > prevent us from doing something we want to do. > > Remko > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2016/09/02, at 6:29, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > Well, Java seems to have a policy of waiting at least 10 years, if ever…. > > Seriously, I don’t think 1 minor release is enough as that might very well > be the next release. I’d say 2 minor releases and at least 6 months. > > Ralph > > On Sep 1, 2016, at 1:42 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think that when you add a builder and deprecate the factory, you should > remove it in the next 2.x release. Otherwise, deprecation has no point if > there's no version with the deprecation specified. > > On 1 September 2016 at 13:40, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> When can we delete factory methods that are deprecated by builders? >> >> Gary >> >> -- >> 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> > > > -- [image: MagineTV] *Mikael Ståldal* Senior software developer *Magine TV* mikael.stal...@magine.com Grev Turegatan 3 | 114 46 Stockholm, Sweden | www.magine.com Privileged and/or Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such a person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email.
