Github user kpm1985 commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/119
@garydgregory This check forces ordering of import statements regardless if
the developer uses that functionality of the IDE or not, and it does it at
build time. Most people are lazy, this covers everyone. In addition, it sorts
all of the old code out too, preventing any possible future need to hear about
import ordering. Its fantastic.---
