I have no idea when we would need or want to do 3.0 Sent from my iPad
> On Jun 30, 2016, at 1:32 AM, Mikael Ståldal <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition >>> Spring Batch in Action >>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >> > > > > -- > > > 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. >
