I fixed the obvious places. WRT "The top page of every component." I did not add that. Feel free to do so though.
Gary On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 8:39 PM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay. To be honest I had some reservations on moving to Java 7 because I > didn't see anything we cannot accomplish in Java 6, so it would just cause > inconvenience to (some) users without much upside. > > On the other hand, we don't want to be tied to old technology forever, and > we can reduce the inconvenience with clear documentation on which older > versions of log4j2 can be used with Java 6, and a roadmap for future > upgrades. I like the roadmap idea because it gives users advance notice. > (Note Ralph proposed an outer bound and we may choose to upgrade sooner if > we think it advantageous.) > > It is unfortunate that this announcement is only in the release email and > not anywhere on the site. > A lot of people may miss this and only hear about it in the next release. > It is not easy to modify the site without doing a release, is it? > > For the next release we need to update quite a few pages on the site: > > - http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/index.html > - http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/changelog.html > - The top page of every component. > > > This page also seems like a natural place to mention our required java > version: http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/runtime-dependencies.html > > Remko > > > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for reminding me. I will publish the release notes. >>> >>> Yes, we can update to Java 7 - at least as far as I am concerned. >>> >>> At the same time we should also set a tentative target for Java 8 and >>> publish it. In looking at [1] I am thinking we would support Java 7 until >>> mid 2018, unless circumstances warrant changing sooner. >>> >> >> I do not think we need to say we will support Java 7 until 2018 or any >> date for that matter. For me, support is based on feedback from users and >> keeping the project relevant to current developers. >> >> It is possible that years from now we will have a branch for java 7 >> support, but I would not promise anything. I am a volunteer here, not a >> business man ;-) >> >> Gary >> >> >>> >>> Ralph >>> >>> [1] - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html >>> >>> On May 15, 2015, at 7:38 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Thank you Ralph for being the release manager for 2.3, which is now >>> available. >>> >>> I just wanted to post a note here to check that we are OK to move trunk >>> from requiring Java 6 to 7. >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> -- >>> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >>> <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> >>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >>> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >> <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> >> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >> > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
