That was exactly what my “mixed emotions” were about. Also, I think we are going to have a fair amount of work to really support Java 9.
Ralph > On Jul 14, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > > Any Log4j 1 release is likely to open the floodgates of requests to fix any > outstanding "simple" (or complex) bugs. > > Keep in mind that Java 9 is not official yet, so we could be opening > ourselves to a series of Java 9 EA compatible releases as Java 9 with and > without Jigsaw (these are still separate builds IIRC) gets developed. > > Tracking Java 9 EAs with Log4j 2 is likely to be enough work as it is... if > we do want to do that now... > > Gary > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Remko Popma <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Strategically I don't see why doing another 1.2 release would be a good idea. > If people can upgrade to Java 9 with all the regression testing that implies, > then I see no reason they would not also upgrade to Log4j 2... > Naturally Log4j 2 needs to be in good shape for Java 9 and we would support > users who did customizations to Log4j 1.2. > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 1:02 AM, Ralph Goers <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > That would rule out building on a Mac. I’d have to try it from a Linux VM. > I think Gary might have built Log4j 1 in the past. > > Ralph > >> On Jul 14, 2016, at 8:52 AM, Paul Benedict <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Matt, I guess you need JDK 1.4.2 on your machine to have artifact >> "sun.jdk:tools:jar:1.4.2". >> >> Cheers, >> Paul >> >> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Matt Sicker <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> How do you even build log4j 1.2? I get this error when I build from trunk: >> >> [ERROR] Failed to execute goal >> org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin:1.2:run (javadoc.resources) on >> project log4j: Execution javadoc.resources of goal >> org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin:1.2:run failed: Plugin >> org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin:1.2 or one of its dependencies >> could not be resolved: Could not find artifact sun.jdk:tools:jar:1.4.2 at >> specified path >> /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_66.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/../Classes/classes.jar >> -> [Help 1] >> >> On 14 July 2016 at 10:47, Remko Popma <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Why would we want to do that? We need to make sure that Log4j 2 works well >> with Java 9, but otherwise I think this is an excellent opportunity for >> users to upgrade to Log4j 2. >> >> Remko >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 11:56 PM, Paul Benedict <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> According to this poster, it appears 1.x is not compatible with JDK 9: >> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2016-July/008654.html >> <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2016-July/008654.html> >> >> I told them I would notify our development community. So here's the >> notification. :-) >> >> Given how widely used 1.x is still, what do you guys think of one more 1.x >> release? Usually I would never entertain the suggestion, but this may be the >> one time the justification makes sense. For those who still use 1.x and have >> no time to upgrade to 2.x, I can't think of a better way to support the user >> community than fix this issue. >> >> PS: Inside the post is a link to the supposed patch. >> >> WDYT? >> >> Cheers, >> Paul >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Matt Sicker <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > > > > > > -- > E-Mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | > [email protected] <mailto:[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 <http://garygregory.wordpress.com/> > Home: http://garygregory.com/ <http://garygregory.com/> > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory <http://twitter.com/GaryGregory>
