Actually, when I received my own message the HTML styling was gone. But Remko’s reply had it. Strange.
Ralph > On Mar 3, 2017, at 8:44 AM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm digging the new announcement format! I saw the font and immediately > though "Isn't that what they use at GitHub?" :P > > On 3 March 2017 at 01:58, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com > <mailto:remko.po...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> Blogged: https://blogs.apache.org/logging/entry/log4j-2-8-1-released >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> >> wrote: >> >>> The Apache Log4j 2 team is pleased to announce the Log4j 2.8.1 release! >>> >>> Apache Log4j is a well known framework for logging application behavior. >>> Log4j 2 is an upgrade to Log4j that provides significant improvements over >>> its predecessor, Log4j 1.x, and provides many other modern features such as >>> support for Markers, lambda expressions for lazy logging, property >>> substitution using Lookups, multiple patterns on a PatternLayout and >>> asynchronous Loggers. Another notable Log4j 2 feature is the ability to be >>> "garbage-free" (avoid allocating temporary objects) while logging. In >>> addition, Log4j 2 will not lose events while reconfiguring. >>> >>> This release primarily contains bugfixes and minor enhancements. More >>> details on the new features and fixes are itemized below. >>> >>> Note that subsequent to the 2.6 release a minor source incompatibility >>> was found due to the addition of new methods to the Logger interface. If >>> you have code that does: >>> >>> logger.error(null, “This is the log message”, throwable); >>> >>> or similar with any log level you will get a compiler error saying the >>> reference is ambiguous. To correct this either do: >>> >>> logger.error(“This is the log message”, throwable); >>> >>> or >>> >>> logger.error((Marker) null, “This is the log message”, throwable); >>> >>> The Log4j 2.8.1 API, as well as many core components, maintains binary >>> compatibility with previous releases. >>> >>> <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#ga-release-281 >>> >>> <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#ga-release-281>>GA >>> Release 2.8.1 >>> >>> Changes in this version include: >>> >>> <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#new-features >>> >>> <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#new-features>>New >>> Features >>> >>> - LOG4J2-1823 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/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 >>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1807>>: >>> [core] Add and implement LogEvent.toImmutable(). >>> >>> >>> <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#fixed-bugs >>> >>> <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#fixed-bugs>>Fixed >>> Bugs >>> >>> - LOG4J2-1804 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/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 >>> <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 >>> <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 >>> <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 >>> <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 >>> <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 >>> <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 >>> <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/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#changes >>> >>> <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#changes>> >>> Changes >>> >>> - LOG4J2-1822 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/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 >>> <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 >>> <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 >>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1819>>: >>> Update Jackson from 2.8.5 to 2.8.6. >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Apache Log4j 2.8.1 requires a minimum of Java 7 to build and run. Log4j >>> 2.3 was the last release that supported Java 6. >>> >>> Basic compatibility with Log4j 1.x is provided through the log4j-1.2-api >>> component, however it does not implement some of the very implementation >>> specific classes and methods. The package names and Maven groupId have been >>> changed to org.apache.logging.log4j to avoid any conflicts with log4j 1.x. >>> >>> For complete information on Apache Log4j 2, including instructions on how >>> to submit bug reports, patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the >>> Apache Apache Log4j 2 website: >>> https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/ >>> >> >> > > > -- > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com <mailto:boa...@gmail.com>>
