We've already removed several deprecated factories in this upcoming release, though.
On 2 September 2016 at 06:28, Mikael Ståldal <mikael.stal...@magine.com> wrote: > 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. > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
