This is a vote to release Log4j 2.8.2. Please download, test, and cast your votes on this mailing list.
[] +1, release the artifacts [] -1, don't release because... The vote will remain open for 72 hours at least. All votes are welcome, and we encourage everyone to test the release, but only Logging PMC votes are counted towards the "official" vote count. As always, at least 3 +1s and more +1s than -1s are required. Changes in this version include: <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#new-features>New Features - LOG4J2-1863 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1863>: Add support for filtering input in TcpSocketServer and UdpSocketServer. - LOG4J2-1848 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1848>: Add JSON encoding support to EncodingPatternConverter %encode{}. - LOG4J2-1843 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1843>: Add support for appending common suffix to each line of throwable stack trace. Thanks to Zilong Song. - LOG4J2-1838 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1838>: Add support for appending common suffix to each line of extended and root throwable stack trace. Thanks to Zilong Song. <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#fixed-bugs>Fixed Bugs - LOG4J2-1861 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1861>: Fix JavaDoc on org.apache.logging.log4j.ThreadContext about inheritance. - LOG4J2-1862 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1862>: Fix JavaDoc about @Order and OrderComparator ordering. Thanks to wangyuntao. - LOG4J2-1849 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1849>: Fixed daylight savings time issue with FixedDateFormat. - LOG4J2-1850 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1850>: Fix CassandraRule and unit tests on Windows. Thanks to Ludovic Hochet. - LOG4J2-1840 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1840>: Fix typo in %replace converter documentation. Thanks to Pradeep Balasundaram. - LOG4J2-1846 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1846>: Handle when LogEvent.getLoggerName() returns null in LoggerNameLevelRewritePolicy. - LOG4J2-1845 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1845>: Handle when LogEvent.getLoggerName() returns null in KafkaAppender. - LOG4J2-1853 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1853>: The default value of RandomAccessFileAppender.Builder append field is wrong. Thanks to wangyuntao. - LOG4J2-1835 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1835>: Fix documentation about the licensing for JeroMQ. - LOG4J2-1836 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1836>: Update the API version to 2.6.0. - LOG4J2-1831 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1831>: NullPointerException in HtmlLayout. Thanks to Edward Serebrinskiy. - LOG4J2-1820 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1820>: Log4j 2.8 can lose exceptions when a security manager is present. Thanks to Jason Tedor. <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#changes> Changes - LOG4J2-1827 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1827>: Move integration tests to their own module to speed up build. - LOG4J2-1856 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1856>: Update Jackson from 2.8.6 to 2.8.7. Tag: log4j-2.8.2-rc1 Web site: https://rgoers.github.io/log4j2-site/ Artifacts: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1026/ You can download all the artifacts via the command line: wget -e robots=off --cut-dirs=7 -nH -r -p -np --no-check-certificate https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1026/ -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>