I've discovered a regression between 2.11.1 and 2.11.2-rc1 which breaks compilation for consumers of WriterAppender.Builder, illustrated here: https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/254 I can take a closer look into the cause this afternoon.
On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 7:43 PM Carter Kozak <cko...@apache.org> wrote: > > Oof "uses a more faster method" in the LOG4J2-2391 note. I think I > messed up an edit between "more performant" and "faster". Probably not > worth rebuilding for just the release note. > > I've run tests on a few projects I maintain, results are passing so > far. I'll have a few more sets of results in the morning. > > On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 7:05 PM Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > > > This is a vote to release Log4j 2.11.2, the next version of the Log4j 2 > > project. > > > > Please download, test, and cast your votes on the log4j developers list. > > [] +1, release the artifacts > > [] -1, don't release because... > > > > The vote will remain open for 72 hours (or more if required). All votes are > > welcome and we encourage everyone to test the release, but only Logging PMC > > votes are “officially” counted. As always, at least 3 +1 votes and more > > positive than negative votes are required. > > > > Changes in this release include: > > > > New Features > > > > • LOG4J2-2496: JDBC Appender should reconnect to the database when > > a connection goes stale. > > • LOG4J2-2505: Let JDBC PoolingDriverConnectionSource with Apache > > Commons DBCP configure a PoolableConnectionFactory. > > • LOG4J2-2509: Allow a JDBC Appender to truncate strings to match a > > table's metadata column length limit. > > • LOG4J2-1246: PatternLayout %date conversion pattern should render > > time zone designator for ISO-ISO8601. > > Fixed Bugs > > > > • LOG4J2-2543: Add Log4j-to-SLF4J to BOM pom.xml. Thanks to Dermot > > Hardy. > > • LOG4J2-2061: Use the file pattern as the FileManager "name" when > > no filename is present. > > • LOG4J2-2009: Expose LoggerContext.setConfiguration as a public > > method. > > • LOG4J2-2542: CronTriggeringPolicy was not rolling properly, > > especially when used with the SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy. > > • LOG4J2-2266: Load PropertySources from any accessible > > ClassLoader. Hide any exceptions that may occur accessing a PropertySource. > > • LOG4J2-1570: Logging with a lambda expression with a method call > > that also logs would cause logs within method call to reference line num > > and method name of the parent method. > > • LOG4J2-2485: SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy was not honored when using > > the DirectWriteRolloverStrategy if the machine restarts. Thanks to Giovanni > > Matteo Fumarola. > > • LOG4J2-1906: Direct write was creating files with the wrong > > date/time. > > • LOG4J2-2453: Add Log4j-slf4j18-impl dependency to bom pom. Thanks > > to theit. > > • LOG4J2-2515: Configuration documentation referenced incorrect > > method name. Thanks to MakarovS. > > • LOG4J2-2514: Make Strings.toRootUpperCase a static method so it > > can be accessed. Thanks to smilebrian0515. > > • LOG4J2-1571: Fixed Appenders section in Extending Log4j. Thanks > > to torbenmoeller. > > • LOG4J2-2397: Predeployment of PersistenceUnit that using Log4j as > > session logger failed (#198). Thanks to EckelDong. > > • LOG4J2-2365: NameAbbreviator correctly abbreviates first > > fragments (#188). Thanks to Eugene Zimichev. > > • LOG4J2-2201: Fix memory leak in ReusableParameterizedMessage. > > • LOG4J2-2363: ReusableObjectMessage parameter is properly passed > > to appenders (#203). Thanks to Brian Laub. > > • LOG4J2-2418: NullPointerException when closing never used > > RollingRandomAccessFileAppender. Thanks to Jonas Rutishauser. > > • LOG4J2-2422: Handle some unchecked exceptions while loading > > plugins. Thanks to rswart, Gary Gregory. > > • LOG4J2-2441: Setting a null ErrorHandler on AbstractAppender is > > not allowed and will no-op as expected. > > • LOG4J2-2444: ErrorHandler is invoked with a LogEvent and > > Throwable when possible, where previously only a string was used. > > • LOG4J2-2413: Exceptions are added to all columns when a JDBC > > Appender's ColumnMapping uses a Pattern. Thanks to Andres Luuk, Gary > > Gregory. > > • LOG4J2-2466: ColumnMapping literal not working. Thanks to Paolo > > Bonanomi, Gary Gregory. > > • LOG4J2-2478: AbstractStringLayoutStringEncodingBenchmark returns > > the computed variables on each benchmark to avoid DCE. Thanks to Diego > > Elias Costa. > > • LOG4J2-2134: StackOverflowError at > > AwaitCompletionReliabilityStrategy. Thanks to David del Amo Mateos, Gary > > Gregory. > > • LOG4J2-2481: Avoid NullPointerExceptions in > > org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration for null > > arguments. > > • LOG4J2-2457: RollingRandomAccessFileManager ignores new file > > patterns from programmatic reconfiguration. Thanks to Heiko Schwanke, Gary > > Gregory. > > • LOG4J2-2482: BasicContextSelector cannot be used in a OSGI > > application. Thanks to Rob Gansevles. > > • LOG4J2-2476: org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout and ConsoleAppender > > missing in log4j-1.2-api. Thanks to Al Bundy. > > • LOG4J2-2497: JmsAppender reconnectIntervalMillis cannot be set > > from a configuration file. > > • LOG4J2-2499: JMS Appender may throw a NullPointerException when > > JMS is not up while the Appender is starting. > > • LOG4J2-2508: JDBC Appender fails when using both parameter, > > source, and literal ColumnMapping elements. > > • LOG4J2-2527: Prevent ConcurrentModificationException while > > iterating over ListAppender events. > > • LOG4J2-2522: Fix regression using MapMessageLookup.lookup with > > MapMessages that do not implement StringMapMessage. Thanks to Adam Lesiak. > > • LOG4J2-2530: Generalize checks using MapMessage implementations > > with do not extend StringMapMessage. Introduce new JAVA_UNQUOTED MapMessage > > format type based on the JAVA formatting, but without quoted values. Thanks > > to Travis Spencer. > > • LOG4J2-2533: Fix a regression introduced by LOG4J2-2301 in 2.11.1 > > allowing allocation to occur in AsyncLoggerConfig. Thanks to Michail > > Prusakov. > > Changes > > > > • LOG4J2-1576: Switch from CLIRR to RevAPI for detecting API > > changes. > > • LOG4J2-2391: Improve exception logging performance. > > ThrowableProxy construction uses a more faster method to discover the > > current stack trace. ThrowablePatternConverter and > > ExtendedThrowablePatternConverter default configurations no longer allocate > > an additional buffer for stack trace contents. > > • LOG4J2-2447: Let the NullAppender default its name to "null". > > • LOG4J2-2468: Update Jackson from 2.9.6 to 2.9.7. > > • LOG4J2-2469: Update Apache Commons Compress from 1.17 to 1.18. > > • LOG4J2-2470: Update Apache Commons CSV from 1.5 to 1.6. > > • LOG4J2-2471: Update javax.mail from 1.6.1 to 1.6.2. > > • LOG4J2-2472: Update mongo-java-driver 3 from 3.8.0 to 3.8.2. > > • LOG4J2-2489: JDBC Appender should release parameter resources > > ASAP. > > • LOG4J2-2491: Allow all Appenders to optionally carry a Property > > array. > > • LOG4J2-2405: Better handling of %highlight pattern when using > > jul-bridge. Thanks to Marco Herrn. > > • LOG4J2-2503: Update MongoDB driver from 3.8.2 to 3.9.0 for > > log4j-mongodb3 module. > > > > Tag: > > a) for a new copy do "git clone > > https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2.git" and then "git checkout > > tags/log4j-2.11.2-rc1” > > b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout > > tags/log4j-2.11.2-rc1” > > > > Web Site: http://rgoers.github.io/log4j2-site/index.html. > > > > Maven Artifacts: > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1042/ > > > > Distribution archives: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/logging/log4j/ > > > > You may download all the Maven artifacts by executing: > > wget -e robots=off --cut-dirs=7 -nH -r -p -np --no-check-certificate > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1042/org/apache/logging/log4j/ > > > > Ralph