Are we planning to release Log4j 3.0 soon? On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 12:59 AM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:
> Actually, what I would like to do is drop the 1.x site off the logging > page and just add a link to it from the new log4j page, similar to what > http://hc.apache.org does with commons logging. In fact, we really should > have a link to the log4j 2.3 web site (all the sites for past releases are > still there if you know how to navigate to them) since it was the last > log4j 2 release to support Java 6. I’d like to do the 2.6.2 release by the > 4th so I don’t know if there will be time to fix all of that before then. > > Ralph > > On Jun 29, 2016, at 3:22 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think we can drop the "2" branding from the site as well. We could also > put a stronger emphasis on the version site as "1.x" but a banner pointing > to 2.x. Perhaps not a strong as the Jakarta red banner but something like: > "For the current version of Log4j, please click here" > > Gary > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Paul Benedict <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Regarding 3.0, I think it's going to be a bit of an image problem to get >> there -- a little uphill battle. Right now the entire website is branded as >> a "2" site.... to separate it from the decades long fandom of the 1.x site. >> I am not blaming anyone for that decision. It was necessary to >> differentiate 2.x from 1.x.... >> >> But it does paint the project a bit into the corner going forward. IMO, >> you wouldn't want 3.x to be so completely different in its documentation, >> would you? Even right now, if you go to the site, it really is "Apache >> Log4j 2" and not simply "Apache Log4j" in the page. Do you see what I am >> trying to say? >> >> I know this is unsolicited advice, but I just want to throw my opinion >> out there to help planning the future. Before you guys try 3.0, take some >> time to eliminate the hard barrier between 1.x/2.x in your website. Make it >> just one so that 3.x documentation naturally fits in. >> >> Cheers, >> Paul >> > > > > -- > E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] > 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 > > > -- [image: MagineTV] *Mikael Ståldal* Senior software developer *Magine TV* [email protected] Grev Turegatan 3 | 114 46 Stockholm, Sweden | www.magine.com Privileged and/or Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such a person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email.
