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commit b807230eaded1ec043d55ad3ab4650a6f11762c6
Author: Matt Sicker <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Feb 1 01:39:01 2022 -0600
Update build instructions for README
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README.md | 12 ++++++------
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# [Apache Log4j 2](https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/)
+# [Apache Log4j 3.x](https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/)
-Apache Log4j 2 is an upgrade to Log4j that provides significant improvements
over its predecessor, Log4j 1.x,
+Apache Log4j 3.x is an upgrade to Log4j that provides significant improvements
over its predecessor, Log4j 1.x,
and provides many of the improvements available in Logback while fixing some
inherent problems in Logback's architecture.
[](https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/actions?query=workflow%3AMaven+branch%3Amaster)
@@ -64,17 +64,17 @@ And an example `log4j2.xml` configuration file:
## Documentation
-The Log4j 2 User's Guide is available
[here](https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/index.html) or as a
downloadable
+The Log4j 3.x User's Guide is available
[here](https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/index.html) or as a
downloadable
[PDF](https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/log4j-users-guide.pdf).
## Requirements
-Log4j 2.4 and greater requires Java 7, versions 2.0-alpha1 to 2.3 required
Java 6.
+Log4j 3.0 and greater requires Java 11.
Some features require optional dependencies; the documentation for these
features specifies the dependencies.
## License
-Apache Log4j 2 is distributed under the [Apache License, version
2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html).
+Apache Log4j 3.x is distributed under the [Apache License, version
2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html).
## Download
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ JIRA issue in the Pull Request.
## Building From Source
-Log4j requires Apache Maven 3.x. To build from source and install to your
local Maven repository, execute the following:
+Log4j 3.x requires Java 11 (at least version 11.0.13 when building on macOS)
and Apache Maven 3.x. To build from source and install to your local Maven
repository, execute the following:
```sh
mvn install
