This is a vote to release Log4j 2.2, the next version of the Log4j 2 project.
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Changes in this version include:
New features:
o LOG4J2-941: Allow JSON layout to create one compact log record per line.
Thanks to Konstantinos Liakos.
o LOG4J2-933: HTML layout should not use attribute minimalization for hr
noshade. Thanks to ppiman at gmail.com.
o LOG4J2-895: Specify the SyslogAppender connect timeout value as part of the
configuration.
The SyslogAppender takes a new parameter connectTimeoutMillis.
o LOG4J2-899: Specify the SocketAppender connect timeout value as part of the
configuration.
The SyslogAppender takes a new parameter connectTimeoutMillis.
Fixed Bugs:
o LOG4J2-938: (JMX) To avoid memory leaks when web applications are restarted,
JMX notifications are sent from
the caller thread in web applications. For non-web applications
notifications are sent from a background thread
as before. Thanks to Mauro Molinari.
o LOG4J2-957: Missing toUpperCase("Locale.ENGLISH"). Thanks to fatih guleryuz.
o LOG4J2-956: Manual refers to Route "AppenderRef" attribute, should be "ref".
Thanks to David Kellerman.
o LOG4J2-944: Log4j Flume appender is not adding millisecond to the event
headers when the event is logged at 000 milliseconds. Thanks to Vinayaka
Ramachandra.
o LOG4J2-924: Log4j 1.2 Bridge doesn't map level ALL correctly in
Category.getEffectiveLevel(). Thanks to Ryan Rupp.
o LOG4J2-931: ConsoleAppender is missing @PluginFactory annotation at
createAppender method. Thanks to Robert Gacki.
o LOG4J2-919: Logging system fails to initialize if XInclude API is not
available. Thanks to David Johle.
o LOG4J2-914: ThrowableProxy.getExtendedStackTraceAsString causes
NullpointerException. Thanks to Kaj Bjurman.
o LOG4J2-912: XML configuration does not report full error message for
XInclude parser configuration problems.
o LOG4J2-903: ClassLoaderContextSelector uses ClassLoader.toString() as a key
Thanks to Mauro Molinari.
o LOG4J2-834: ThrowableProxy throws NoClassDefFoundError. Thanks to Nikita
Koval, Leonard Broman, Thiago Kronig.
o LOG4J2-893: NullPointerException on filter when mapping JUL to Log4j2.
o LOG4J2-892: JUL adapter does not map Log4j'2 FATAL level to a JUL level.
o LOG4J2-881: AbstractLifecycle should not implement equals() and hashCode().
Thanks to Mariano Gonzalez.
o LOG4J2-897: Javadoc for org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator.configure() is
incorrect.
o LOG4J2-891: AbstractLifecycle should not implement equals() and hashCode().
o LOG4J2-946: [docs] Using Log4j 2 in Web Applications: Update example
(Log4jWebLifeCycle is not visible). Thanks to artemonster.
Changes:
o LOG4J2-955: Documentation: clarify system properties to control status
logger, improve troubleshooting FAQ entry.
o LOG4J2-950: Incorrect attribute name in PropertiesRewritePolicy example.
Thanks to Joel Edwards.
o LOG4J2-901: Update docs for SyslogAppender: "No structured id name was
supplied" Thanks to Tihomir Meščić, Siegfried Greisinger.
o LOG4J2-958: Update from Jackson 2.5.0 to 2.5.1.
o LOG4J2-925: Update from Jackson 2.4.4 to 2.5.0.
o LOG4J2-910: Update Jackson from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4.
o LOG4J2-881: Update Jackson from 2.4.2 to 2.4.3.
o LOG4J2-882: Update maven-core from 3.1.0 to 3.2.3.
o LOG4J2-883: Update tests from org.apache.felix.framework 4.2.1 to 4.4.1.
o LOG4J2-884: Update org.eclipse.osgi from 3.6.0 to 3.7.1.
o LOG4J2-900: Update Apache Flume from 1.5.0.1 to 1.5.2.
Tag:
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<https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=logging-log4j2.git;a=tree;hb=3f4831138852200184ee16fe57fe5342c1291c4b>
or
a) for a new copy do "git clone
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2.git
<https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2.git>" and then "git
checkout tags/log4j-2.2"
b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout
tags/log4j-2.2"
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Ralph
