This is a vote to release Log4j 2.8.1 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: <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/fae030ae021790d3127eb5d273141c2ecd1f82e5/RELEASE-NOTES.md#new-features>New Features LOG4J2-1823 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1823>: Remove deprecation on MessageSupplier lambda functions in Logger API. LOG4J2-1807 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1807>: [core] Add and implement LogEvent.toImmutable(). <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/fae030ae021790d3127eb5d273141c2ecd1f82e5/RELEASE-NOTES.md#fixed-bugs>Fixed Bugs LOG4J2-1804 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1804>: Allow %i in file pattern to be preceded with characters other than just '-'. Thanks to Pierrick Hymbert. LOG4J2-1816 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1816>: Change minOccur to minOccurs in Log4j-config.xsd. Thanks to shubhankar1100. LOG4J2-1803 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1803>: Fix Maven POM to ensure JMH generated classes in log4j-perf are included in benchmarks jar. LOG4J2-1800 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1800>: Report errors when sending to Kafka when using syncSend=false. Thanks to Vincent Tieleman. LOG4J2-1805 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1805>: Fixed rare race condition in FixedDateFormat, made FixedDateFormat::millisSinceMidnight method public. LOG4J2-1799 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1799>: Fixed bug in PropertiesUtil::getCharsetProperty that caused UnsupportedCharsetException for ConsoleAppender. Thanks to Eduard Gizatullin. LOG4J2-1806 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1806>: Fix Javadoc for DefaultRolloverStrategy::purgeAscending Thanks to challarao. LOG4J2-1818 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1818>: Fix rollover to work when filePattern contains no directory components. Thanks to xkr47. <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/fae030ae021790d3127eb5d273141c2ecd1f82e5/RELEASE-NOTES.md#changes>Changes LOG4J2-1822 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1822>: Update SLF4J to 1.7.24. LOG4J2-1812 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1812>: Improved error message when log4j 2 configuration file not found. LOG4J2-1810 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1810>: Update to use Logback 1.1.10 and then Logback 1.2 for tests. LOG4J2-1819 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1819>: Update Jackson from 2.8.5 to 2.8.6. 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-2.8.1-rc1” b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout tags/log4j-2.8.1-rc1” 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> Artifacts: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1025 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-1025/org/apache/logging/log4j/ <https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1025/org/apache/logging/log4j/> Ralph
