Jira is down today, so I'll respond here. The log4j-boot-logback module's intention is to promote the use of log4j-api as a general logging facade while providing a migration path for logback users. There is still confusion in the community of whether or not log4j-api is a replacement for slf4j-api or if it's proprietary to log4j like in 1.x.
On 11 January 2017 at 15:23, Mikael Ståldal (JIRA) <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1776?page= > com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment- > tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15819217#comment-15819217 ] > > Mikael Ståldal commented on LOG4J2-1776: > ---------------------------------------- > > Why do we have logback here? > > > log4j-boot pom modules for dependency management > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > Key: LOG4J2-1776 > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1776 > > Project: Log4j 2 > > Issue Type: New Feature > > Components: Boot > > Reporter: Matt Sicker > > > > This is the main feature for the Log4j Boot epic (LOG4J2-1775). > > {code} > > groupId: org.apache.logging.log4j.boot > > artifactId: log4j-boot-* > > {code} > > * core: just log4j-core basically > > * async (for AsyncLogger; brings in LMAX disruptor) > > * log4j-spi: log4j-slf4j-impl, log4j-jul, log4j-jcl, log4j-1.2-api > > * slf4j-spi: slf4j-impl, jcl-over-slf4j, jul-to-slf4j (same dependency > set as spring-boot-starter-log4j2) > > * logback (for log4j-to-slf4j, slf4j-spi, logback; this helps aid > migration to log4j-api and promotes it as a general use logging API) > > * advertiser-jmdns > > * appender-async-conversant > > * appender-async-jctools > > * appender-cassandra > > * appender-couchdb > > * appender-jms > > * appender-jpa > > * appender-kafka > > * appender-mongodb > > * appender-smtp > > * appender-zeromq > > * config-json > > * config-yaml > > * layout-csv > > * layout-jansi (for windows users and coloured log messages) > > * layout-json (unless this has been ported to not require jackson > anymore?) > > * layout-xml > > * layout-yaml > > * script-groovy > > I may have missed a few, but the base set of starters should at least > correspond to all optional dependencies in log4j-core or the addon modules. > For the jms, jpa, and smtp (log4j-core) appenders, we could either make add > in a default provider (e.g., ActiveMQ, Hibernate, and Sun Mail > respectively) or split those into provider-specific starters. > > > > -- > This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA > (v6.3.4#6332) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org > > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>