Can we please keep a running history in the release notes? IOW, never delete text. If I am updating from 2.0 to 2.1, I want to know everything that also happens in 2.0.1 and 2.0.2.
I see other projects do that and it is really helpful. The newest release is at the top. Gary <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: [email protected] </div><div>Date:08/16/2014 23:25 (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: [email protected] </div><div>Subject: svn commit: r1618449 - in /logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk: RELEASE-NOTES.txt src/changes/changes.xml </div><div> </div>Author: mattsicker Date: Sun Aug 17 03:25:28 2014 New Revision: 1618449 URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1618449 Log: Update release notes and changes for 2.0.2. Modified: logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES.txt logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/changes/changes.xml Modified: logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES.txt URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES.txt?rev=1618449&r1=1618448&r2=1618449&view=diff ============================================================================== --- logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES.txt (original) +++ logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES.txt Sun Aug 17 03:25:28 2014 @@ -1,46 +1,43 @@ - Apache Log4j 2.0.1 RELEASE NOTES + Apache Log4j 2.0.2 RELEASE NOTES -The Apache Log4j 2 team is pleased to announce the Log4j 2.0.1 release! +The Apache Log4j 2 team is pleased to announce the Log4j 2.0.2 release! Apache log4j is a well known framework for logging application behavior. Log4j 2 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. -This is the first GA release, after thirteen prior releases over the last 4 years. +This is the third GA release which contains several bugfixes from the previous release. -? +Bug fixes and enhancements Changes in this version include: -New features: -o LOG4J2-725: Added WebLoggerContextUtils class to log4j-web for helper methods useful for asynchronous servlets. -o LOG4J2-710: Added documentation for Custom Levels and Custom Loggers. Fixed Bugs: -o LOG4J2-744: Avoid unnecessary Clock calls when TimestampMessage is logged. Thanks to Scott Harrington. -o LOG4J2-704: Improved error message if configuration file not found. -o LOG4J2-750: Webapp configuration page has incorrect class name. Thanks to Mike Calmus. -o LOG4J2-749: Retain the default date pattern after fixing the ISO8601 pattern. Thanks to Scott Harrington. -o LOG4J2-670: DatePatternConverter ISO8601_PATTERN now conforms to ISO8601. -o LOG4J2-741: Reinstate the package configuration attribute for discovering custom plugins. -o LOG4J2-742: XInclude not working with relative path. Thanks to Pascal Chollet. -o LOG4J2-740: Fixed typo in webapp manual regarding sample web.xml file. Thanks to Kosta Krauth. -o LOG4J2-738: RollingFileManager deadlock if async action thread fails to start. Thanks to Timothy Stack. -o LOG4J2-736: Fixed log4j-bom so that it won't specify a default scope on any third party dependencies. -o LOG4J2-735: Fixed log4j-bom so that it won't interfere with spring-bom and others. -o LOG4J2-731: Updated documentation regarding extensions to LoggerContextFactory and Log4j 2 providers. -o LOG4J2-373: Fixed ClassLoader issues in loading Log4j providers in an OSGi environment. -o LOG4J2-719: Correctly handle NetworkOnMainThreadException thrown on Android during Log4j2 initialization. -o LOG4J2-716: Automatically disable log4j JMX when detecting we are running on Android. -o LOG4J2-657: Fixed AbstractDatabaseManager to close connection on writeInternal error. Thanks to Stefan Wehner. -o LOG4J2-713: Android: java.lang.VerifyError: org/apache/logging/log4j/core/util/Closer Thanks to Nelson Melina. -o LOG4J2-703: Android: Could not find class 'javax.naming.InitialContext', referenced from method org.apache.logging.log4j.core.lookup.JndiLookup.lookup. Thanks to Nelson Melina. +o LOG4J2-773: Site: log4j-core component pages were still using the old logo. +o LOG4J2-760: Documentation improvement: link to dependency tree from log4j-core component page, + link to log4j-core component page from FAQ page. +o LOG4J2-679: Resolved race condition that caused log file rotation to fail with error: "Unable to create directory ..." +o LOG4J2-726: Prevent application from hanging when PatternLayout configuration has opening '{' but no closing '}'. +o LOG4J2-769: Startup takes a long time if you have empty packages attribute. Thanks to Scott Harrington. +o LOG4J2-763: Improved asynchronous loggers and appenders to ensure the formatted message does not change even if + parameters are modified by the application. (ParameterizedMessage was already safe.) + Improved documentation. Thanks to Stephen Connolly. +o LOG4J2-729: Emit warning message to console if no configuration file found. +o LOG4J2-765: Improve warning message when missing log4j-core in the classpath. +o LOG4J2-722: Clarified in documentation that Commons Logging jar is required when using log4j-jcl. +o LOG4J2-723: Clarified in documentation that SLF4J API jar is required when using log4j-slf4j-impl. +o LOG4J2-759: Fixed various minor site/documentation issues, mostly versioning related. +o LOG4J2-756: Prevent JUnit test from creating unnecessary Log4j2Plugins.dat during build. Thanks to Scott Harrington. + +Changes: +o LOG4J2-775: Update Apache Flume to 1.5.0.1 from 1.5.0. +o LOG4J2-730: Allow Log4jContextFactory subclasses to specify a custom ContextSelector. - -Apache Log4j 2.0.1 requires a minimum of Java 6 to build and run. Basic compatibility with +Apache Log4j 2.0.2 requires a minimum of Java 6 to build and run. Basic compatibility with Log4j 1.x is provided through the log4j-1.2-api component, however it does not implement some of the very implementation specific classes and methods. The package names and Maven groupId have been changed to org.apache.logging.log4j to avoid any conflicts with log4j 1.x. Modified: logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/changes/changes.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/changes/changes.xml?rev=1618449&r1=1618448&r2=1618449&view=diff ============================================================================== --- logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/changes/changes.xml (original) +++ logging/log4j/log4j2/trunk/src/changes/changes.xml Sun Aug 17 03:25:28 2014 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ <title>Changes</title> </properties> <body> - <release version="2.0.2" date="2014-0?-??" description="Bug fixes and enhancements"> + <release version="2.0.2" date="2014-08-16" description="Bug fixes and enhancements"> <action issue="LOG4J2-775" dev="ggregory" type="update"> Update Apache Flume to 1.5.0.1 from 1.5.0. </action>
