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] >
