Wouldn't this be an excellent use case for migration to Git, so that a 1.6 specific branch can be maintained with minor efforts for some time?
Jochen On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote: > To be clear, the plan is to do future enhancements against Java 1.7, but if > there is a bug or feature that is absolutely needed we can create releases > for Java 1.6. > > Hopefully you are aware of Oracle’s Java Roadmap - > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html > <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html>. Public support for > Java 1.6 was dropped in Feb 2013 and public support for Java 1.7 was ended in > April 2015. Since you can still pay Oracle for support beyond those dates > Log4j intentionally has lagged behind and continued to support Java 1.6 well > beyond the point when most users have converted. > > > Ralph > > >> On May 26, 2015, at 5:55 AM, Emi Lu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello Ralph, >> >> We have several applications based on 1.6 and cannot be migrated to 1.7/1.8 >> for a while. If major fix/improvement can be added into 2.3 (sub)version, it >> will help a lot. >> >> Thanks a lot! >> >>> If there is something you need for 1.6 just let us know. We can always do >>> another 1.6 release if it is needed. >>> >>> Ralph >>> >>>> On May 25, 2015, at 11:06 AM, Emi Lu <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 05/25/2015 01:40 PM, Andreas Opitz wrote: >>>>> Hi for more details, see >>>>> https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/logging-log4j-dev/201505.mbox/%3CCACZkXPwJRPVkcmYOQGodzii5jBt%2BMSbVfzWUyMPpXLWX34934A%40mail.gmail.com%3E >>>>> . >>>>>> Apache Log4j 2.3 requires a minimum of Java 6 to build and run. >>>>>> This will be the last release of Log4j 2 to support Java 6. >>>>>> Future releases will require a minimum of Java 7. >>>> Got it. Thanks a lot for the link! >>>> >>>>>> On 05/25/2015 11:44 AM, Saurabh Jain wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Yepp it does. >>>>>>> I think 2.3 is the last version which supports 1.6 >>>>>>> Upcoming versions will not support. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Correct me id m wrong list. >>>>>>> >>>>>> Got it. Won't try to use next new version then. >>>>>> Thank you! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello List, >>>>>>>> Does log4j2 support for java version 1.6.x please? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks a lot! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > -- Any world that can produce the Taj Mahal, William Shakespeare, and Stripe toothpaste can't be all bad. (C.R. MacNamara, One Two Three) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
