I would say no. It may make sense for some appenders to have a default layout, and we should keep it for those which already have it for BC reasons.
But I don't think we should provide default layout for those appenders which do not already have it, and we should not force all future appenders to have a default layout. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1465 On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm pretty sure we no longer need @Required on layout on > org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractAppender.Builder.layout. > > Would it be OK to say that an appender should provide a default layout? > > 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 > -- [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.
