Here is my +1
Ralph
> On Oct 2, 2016, at 1:11 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
> This is a vote to release Log4j 2.7, 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 LOG4J2-1578: RoutingAppender can be configured with scripts. Add Script in
> a Routes element.
> o LOG4J2-1597: Add a ScriptAppenderSelector to create an Appender specified
> by a Script.
> o LOG4J2-1349: (GC) Added support for garbage-free ThreadContext map.
> Disabled by default, users need to enable this explicitly.
> o LOG4J2-1447: (GC) Changed LogEvent's internal data structure for context
> data to be garbage-free. Added method LogEvent#getContextData(), deprecated
> method #getContextMap().
> o LOG4J2-1010: Users can now inject context data from other sources than
> ThreadContext. Values can be any Object, not just Strings. Thanks to Mikael
> Ståldal.
> o LOG4J2-1568: Added support for java.util.concurrent.LinkedTransferQueue to
> AsyncAppender.
> o LOG4J2-1430: Added optional support for Conversant DisruptorBlockingQueue
> in AsyncAppender. Thanks to John Cairns.
> o LOG4J2-1439: Added optional support for JCTools MPSC bounded lock-free
> queue in AsyncAppender. Thanks to Anthony Maire.
> o LOG4J2-1558: SocketAppender now supports IO buffering.
> o LOG4J2-1557: Add a Builder for the SocketAppender (deprecates factory
> method).
> o LOG4J2-1609: Add a Builder to ServletAppender and deprecate factory
> method.
> o LOG4J2-1553: AbstractManager now implements AutoCloseable.
> o LOG4J2-1528: Added ability to generate Log4j 2-style XML configuration
> file from ConfigurationBuilder.
> o LOG4J2-1181: Added Logging API for Scala 2.10 and 2.11.
> o LOG4J2-1512: Added options to exclude stack trace from JSON, XML and YAML
> layouts.
> o LOG4J2-1539: Added Core API Configurator.shutdown(LoggerContext, long,
> TimeUnit).
> o LOG4J2-1501: FileAppender is now able to create files on-demand.
> o LOG4J2-1504: RollingFileAppender is now able to create files on-demand.
> o LOG4J2-1471: [PatternLayout] Add an ANSI option to %xThrowable.
> o LOG4J2-1472: org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext now implements
> Closeable.
> o LOG4J2-1458: [PatternLayout] Add an ANSI option to %message.
> o LOG4J2-1505: Create a Builder for the FileAppender plugin to facilitate
> adding attributes in the future.
> o LOG4J2-1507: Allow Builders to be completely generic.
> o LOG4J2-1508: Allow a Builder to subclass another Builder.
> o LOG4J2-1516: Add ThreadContextMap2 interface supporting method
> putAll(Map<String, String>). Thanks to Gary Gregory.
> o LOG4J2-1519: Add ThreadContext.putAll(Map<String, String>).
> o LOG4J2-1520: Add JUnit Rule implementations to manage the thread context.
> o LOG4J2-1547: The Core AbstractConfiguration now tracks its LoggerContext
> and add Configuration.getLoggerContext().
> o LOG4J2-1540: The Core AbstractManager now tracks its LoggerContext.
> o LOG4J2-1577: Add a Builder to the RoutingAppender and deprecate factory
> method.
>
> Fixed Bugs:
> o LOG4J2-1618: Fixed ClassCastException when using JUL logging during
> shutdown. Thanks to Raman Gupta.
> o LOG4J2-1620: 2.7-rc1: RollingFileAppender immediateFlush default value
> should be true, not false. Thanks to Sascha Scholz.
> o LOG4J2-1611: Improved performance of context data injector for web
> applications to be on par with standalone applications.
> o LOG4J2-1591: Introduced new interface LifeCycle2 with stop(long,TimeUnit)
> method to avoid breaking backwards compatibility with new
> Configurator.shutdown(LoggerContext, long, TimeUnit) API.
> o LOG4J2-1590: Fixed issue with filters extending AbstractFilter that did
> not override methods with unrolled varargs.
> o LOG4J2-1583: Fixed scrambled log messages triggered by nested logging from
> toString() method of a logging parameter object. Thanks to Larry West.
> o LOG4J2-1259: Log4j threads are no longer leaking on Tomcat shutdown.
> Thanks to Misagh Moayyed, Steffen Offermann.
> o LOG4J2-1051: When starting on Google App Engine, Interpolator now
> suppresses the NoClassDefFoundError stack trace for the jvmrunargs lookup.
> Thanks to Lukasz Lenart.
> o LOG4J2-1582: When initializing on platforms where JMX is not available,
> Interpolator component no longer prints stack trace for warning messages.
> o LOG4J2-1581: Unregistering JMX components no longer prints a stack trace
> when the MBean has already been unregistered.
> o LOG4J2-1313: Support Property values to be specified in configuration as a
> value attribute as well as an element. Thanks to Philipp Knobel, Leon Finker.
> o LOG4J2-1575: (GC) LoggerConfig now stores configuration properties in a
> List, not a Map to prevent creating temporary Iterator objects. Added method
> LoggerConfig#getPropertyList(), deprecated method #getProperties().
> o LOG4J2-1457: Fixed class loader deadlock when using async logging and
> extended stack trace pattern. Thanks to Leon Finker.
> o LOG4J2-1563: Fix to prevent Log4j 2.6.2 and higher from losing exceptions
> when a security manager is present. Thanks to Jason Tedor.
> o LOG4J2-1530: Fixed issue where LogEvent.getContextStack() returned null.
> o LOG4J2-1518: Prevent deadlock in Async Loggers when queue is full and
> logged Object's toString() logs another message. Thanks to Leon Finker.
> o LOG4J2-1542: Prevent ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in
> ParameterizedMessage.formatTo for single-char or empty messages. Thanks to
> Rogério Lecarião Leite.
> o LOG4J2-1549: Fixed issue where
> AsyncLoggerContextSelector+PropertiesConfigurationBuilder defaulted to
> includeLocation=true. Thanks to Jason Bedard.
> o LOG4J2-1562: Prevent SocketAppender memory usage from growing unbounded if
> it cannot connect to a server.
> o LOG4J2-1559: Prevent NPE in Level.isInRange. Thanks to Andrey Plotkin.
> o LOG4J2-1511: DynamicThresholdFilter filtered incorrectly when params were
> passed as individual arguments instead of varargs. Thanks to Srikanth
> Surukuntu.
> o LOG4J2-1548: [CronTriggeringPolicy] ConfigurationScheduler scheduled the
> task infinitely after first fire.
> o LOG4J2-1506: Log4j should not unregister JMX MBeans when
> log4j2.disable.jmx property is true. Thanks to Johannes Schleger.
> o LOG4J2-1490: Log4j2 should postpone creating log file until the appender
> actually receives an event. Thanks to Krzysztof Taborski.
> o LOG4J2-1320: Support loading custom plugins from jar files and directories
> whose classpath entries use the "vfs" URL protocol. Thanks to Paresh Varke,
> Pierrick Hymbert.
> o LOG4J2-1541: Fix file handle resource leak in
> XmlConfiguration.XmlConfiguration(ConfigurationSource).
> o LOG4J2-1538: Prevent NPE when dynamically removing filters. Thanks to Igor
> Karpov.
> o LOG4J2-1532: Attributes were not merged properly in composite
> configurations.
> o LOG4J2-1529: Attributes were not merged properly in composite
> configurations. Thanks to Sridevi Narra.
> o LOG4J2-1527: Prevent NPE in RingBufferLogEvent.getFormattedMessage() when
> used in web applications. Thanks to Jose Leon.
> o LOG4J2-905: Added ability to disable (date) lookup completely for
> compatibility with other libraries like Camel. Thanks to Moritz Löser.
> o LOG4J2-1526: Added support for setting StatusLogger destination in
> ConfigurationBuilder.
> o LOG4J2-1448: Allow comma separated agents, host list to be passed to
> FlumeAppender. Thanks to Keith Laban.
> o LOG4J2-1500: Merging configurations failed with an NPE when comparing
> Nodes with different attributes. Thanks to Jose Leon.
> o LOG4J2-1482: Fixed improper header in CsvParameterLayout. Thanks to Sumit
> Singhal.
> o LOG4J2-1199: Documented that JVM Input Arguments Lookup (JMX) is not
> available on Google App Engine.
> o LOG4J2-1438: (GC) Added method getParameter() to ObjectMessage (and
> ReusableObjectMessage).
> o LOG4J2-1488: (GC) Fixed ISO8601 %date conversion pattern with a period '.'
> separator for milliseconds is now garbage free. Thanks to Richard Zschech.
> o LOG4J2-1489: (GC) Fixed %date conversion patterns with a timezone
> parameter are now garbage free. Thanks to Richard Zschech.
> o LOG4J2-1279: Prevent NullPointerException in
> FastDateParser$TimeZoneStrategy. Thanks to Tony Baines.
> o LOG4J2-1341: (GC) HighlightConverter and StyleConverter are now GC-free.
> Thanks to Richard Zschech.
> o LOG4J2-1467: [OSGi] Fixed missing import package. Thanks to Ralf, Gary
> Gregory.
> o LOG4J2-351: [OSGi] Fixed wrong Fragment-Host in manifest files. Thanks to
> Roland Weiglhofer.
> o LOG4J2-1313: Properties declared in configuration can now have their value
> either in the element body or in an attribute named "value". Thanks to
> Philipp Knobel.
> o LOG4J2-1235:
> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.routing.IdlePurgePolicy was not
> working correctly. Thanks to Niranjan Rao, Sascha Scholz, Aleksey Zvolinsky.
> o LOG4J2-1502: Fixed issue where CsvParameterLayout and CsvLogEventLayout
> inserted NUL characters if data starts with {, (, [ or " Thanks to Sumit
> Singhal.
> o LOG4J2-1573: Layout is no longer optional. Thanks to Steffen Offermann.
> o LOG4J2-1608: ServletAppender does not provide throwable object to
> ServletContext.
> o LOG4J2-1599: Prevent potential NPE in
> org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterFormatter.formatMessage3(StringBuilder,
> char[], int, Object[], int, int[]).
> o LOG4J2-1600: Prevent potential NPE due to
> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.MarkerPatternSelector.createSelector(PatternMatch[],
> String, boolean, boolean, Configuration).
> o LOG4J2-1601: Prevent potential NPE due to
> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.ScriptPatternSelector.createSelector(AbstractScript,
> PatternMatch[], String, boolean, boolean, Configuration).
> o LOG4J2-1602: Prevent potential NPE in
> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.datetime.FormatCache.MultipartKey.equals(Object)
> when object is null.
> o LOG4J2-1603: Redo hashCode() and equals() methods in
> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.ssl classes.
> o LOG4J2-1610: Add targetNamespace to log4j-config.xsd. GitHub #43. Thanks
> to Shubhankar.
> o LOG4J2-1619: new Log4jLogEvent().toString() throws an NPE.
>
> Changes:
> o LOG4J2-1604: Log4j2 TcpSocketServer in background. Thanks to Colin
> Hillman.
> o LOG4J2-1574: Allow the RollingFileAppender to use default pattern layout.
> o LOG4J2-1556: Custom Log4j threads now extend Log4jThread.
> o LOG4J2-1605: Improve error messages for TcpSocketServer and
> UdpSocketServer.
> o LOG4J2-1458: Updated Jackson from 2.7.5 to 2.8.0.
> o LOG4J2-1494: Updated Jackson from 2.8.0 to 2.8.1.
> o LOG4J2-1569: Updated Jackson from 2.8.1 to 2.8.2.
> o LOG4J2-1598: Updated Jackson from 2.8.2 to 2.8.3.
> o LOG4J2-1495: Updated LMAX Disruptor from 3.3.4 to 3.3.5.
> o LOG4J2-1496: Updated Kafka client from 0.9.1.0 to 0.10.0.0.
> o LOG4J2-1533: Updated Kafka client from 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.0.1.
> o LOG4J2-1487: Updated JMS test from ActiveMQ 5.13.3 to 5.13.4.
> o LOG4J2-1551: Updated JMS test from ActiveMQ 5.13.4 to 5.14.0.
> o LOG4J2-1543: Removed deprecated Core API
> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Constants.UTF_8.
> o LOG4J2-1544: Removed deprecated Core API
> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Assert.requireNonNull(T, String).
> o LOG4J2-1545: Removed deprecated Web API
> org.apache.logging.log4j.web.WebLookup.getServletContext().
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>
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> <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2.git>" and then "git
> checkout tags/log4j-2.7-rc2”
> b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout
> tags/log4j-2.7-rc2”
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> Ralph
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