100% agreed, I'm just mentioning it because it's a public class - and 
apparently someone did depend on it in our team. :)


On 10/06/2016 08:46 AM, Gary Gregory wrote:
Depending on the Core's util package is a Bad Idea™

G

On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 11:31 PM, Steffen Offermann <steffen.offerm...@aixigo.de 
<mailto:steffen.offerm...@aixigo.de>> wrote:

    This is the constant that has been removed:

        /**
         * Line separator.
         */
        public static final String LINE_SEPARATOR = 
PropertiesUtil.getProperties().getStringProperty("line.separator",
                "\n");


    The file is

        
./log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/util/Constants.java

    Regards,
      Steffen



    On 10/06/2016 08:27 AM, Steffen Offermann wrote:

        We are getting build errors now, because Constants.LINE_SEPARATOR has 
been removed.


        On 10/06/2016 05:48 AM, Ralph Goers wrote:

            Here is my +1

            Ralph

                On Oct 2, 2016, at 1:11 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com 
<mailto:ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> <mailto:ralph.go...@dslextreme.com 
<mailto: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().
                Tag:

                a)  for a new copy do "git clone 
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2.git 
<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”
                Web Site:  <http://rgoers.github.io/log4j2-site/index.html 
<http://rgoers.github.io/log4j2-site/index.html>>http://rgoers.github.io/log4j2-site/index.html
                <http://rgoers.github.io/log4j2-site/index.html>

                Artifacts: 
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1022 
<https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1022>

                You may download all the artifacts by executing:
                wget -e robots=off --cut-dirs=7 -nH -r -p -np 
--no-check-certificate 
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1022/org/apache/logging/log4j/
                
<https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1022/org/apache/logging/log4j/>

                Ralph






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