Do we really need a formal vote? None of the committers working on Log4j now ever really committed to Logj 1.x. I know my whole intent when I started working on the logging project was to focus on version 2.
Ralph > On Jul 6, 2015, at 1:26 PM, Christian Grobmeier <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I thought we would make a formal "vote" on this, just like we would do a > release. Not sure if this is the process, but I guess it would mean we have > an agreement. > > After this discussion I would like to follow Ralphs recommendation and put > the EOL date to NOW(). > > Once done, this will go to the Board report, we should notify the user lists > and I will add something to the websites. > > Going to start this tomorrow. > > Thanks! > > Christian > > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2015, at 17:18, Gary Gregory wrote: >> Christian, >> >> Do you plan on formalizing the result of this thread in a post to the MLs? >> The site? Or is just having the discussion all that you wanted to have a >> record that we at least discussed 1.x EOL? >> >> Gary >> >> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Sounds good. >> >> Gary >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Ralph Goers <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Date: 07/04/2015 08:18 (GMT-08:00) >> To: Log4J Developers List <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] EOL for Log4j 1.x >> >> To be clear, my opinion is that 1.x actually reached EOL some time ago and >> we have just failed to say so. Unless we plan to do one final release (which >> I don’t), then setting an EOL date in the future doesn’t seem to mean >> anything to me. I would just make an announcement saying that after 3 years >> of releases of Log4j 2 and 1 year of multiple GA releases, during which time >> there have been no releases of Log4j 1.x, that it is time to acknowledge >> that Log4j 1.x has reached its end of life and the Log4j community is solely >> focused on Log4j 2 development. >> >> Ralph >> >> > On Jul 4, 2015, at 7:42 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > I agree that 1.x is ready for EOL and I too feel bad for users that take >> > time to work in Bugzilla. Closing Bugzilla will just make some users >> > create Jira tickets though. It might still be good to have an apache place >> > where users can collect 1.x patches and discuss 1.x issues that we can >> > still monitor, especially since there is much information already there. >> > Keeping it read only does not quite fit that bill but i get weary of >> > typing "not actively maintained". I guess closing might help send a >> > clearer message. I see that Struts starts at 2.0 in Jira. >> > >> > Do we all feel that 2.x has all the features and compatibility needs to >> > shut down? Seems like yes to me. Rolling file appenders need some tweaks >> > imo and we have tickets for that. >> > >> > I do like the struts FAQ and especially the last entry. >> > >> > I have a big proprietary app server at work on 1.x and started a branch to >> > port it to 2.x last year but I got stalled when it came time to porting >> > our custom appenders and custom initialization code. It's just too much >> > work. If I had to redo it I would start with using the 1.2 compatibility >> > jar to get to dealing with our custom bits sooner. That's what I would >> > advise people to do. >> > >> > Gary >> > >> > >> > -------- Original message -------- >> > From: Christian Grobmeier <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > Date: 07/04/2015 02:30 (GMT-08:00) >> > To: Log4J Developers List <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > Subject: [DISCUSS] EOL for Log4j 1.x >> > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > we are actively working on Log4j 2.x, but Log4j 1.x hasn't been touched >> > since the last release. I was doing the last one, and I can't see I will >> > find the time or motivation in any time to roll out another one. Nobody >> > else stood up since then. That's OK, because I can observe the community >> > adapting Log4j 2. No numbers, just feelings. >> > >> > I would like to propose to mark an EOL date for Log4j 1.x by the end of >> > the year. As we don't fix things (most likely) with 1.x, this is not >> > about "maintenance" at all. The future date might be more or less our >> > signal that we want to actively help our users migrating to 2.x. >> > >> > We can use the remaining time to write or improve documentation, maybe >> > even write some migration tool. >> > >> > In the announcement we should highlight the history of Log4j 1, it's >> > problems and why we think Log4j 2.x is the best way to log in Java >> > today. >> > >> > Let me know what you think about this idea. 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