We have been using git for quite some time.  As I said, the 2.3 release is Java 
1.6. If or when we need another Java 1.6 release we will create a branch off 
the 2.3 release tag.  In the meantime, master is moving forward with Java 1.7.  
We do not plan to move all new work done on master to a Java 1.6 branch.

Ralph

> On May 26, 2015, at 10:01 AM, Jochen Wiedmann <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> 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] 
> <mailto:[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> 
>> <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!
>>>>>>>>> 
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