Here is my +1 Ralph
> On Mar 1, 2017, at 8:47 AM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1 > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 27, 2017, at 3:09, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com > <mailto:ralph.go...@dslextreme.com>> wrote: > >> 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 >> <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 >>