Testing with:
Apache Maven 3.3.9 (bb52d8502b132ec0a5a3f4c09453c07478323dc5;
2015-11-10T17:41:47+01:00)
Maven home: /opt/apache-maven-3.3.9
Java version: 1.8.0_144, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: /opt/jvm/jdk1.8.0_144/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "4.10.0-32-generic", arch: "amd64", family:
"unix"
* RAT check OK.
* mvn clean install OK
* Tested the artifact with a simple test app in Java, worked fine.
* Tested the artifact with a simple test app in Scala, worked fine.
+1
On 2017-08-27 04:45, Ralph Goers wrote:
This is a vote to release Log4j 2.9.0 the next version of the Log4j 2 project.
Please download, test, and cast your votes on the log4j developers list.
[] +1, release the artifacts
[] -1, don't release because...
The vote will remain open for 72 hours (or more if required). All votes are
welcome and we encourage everyone to test the release, but only Logging PMC
votes are “officially” counted. As always, at least 3 +1 votes and more
positive than negative votes are required.
Changes in this version include:
<https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#new-features>New
Features
LOG4J2-2008 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2008>: Support
printing multiple StructuredData elements in RFC5424Layout.
LOG4J2-1986 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1986>: Public API for
parsing the output from JsonLayout/XmlLayout/YamlLayout into a LogEvent.
LOG4J2-1981 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1981>: JsonLayout,
XmlLayout and YamlLayout support 0-byte termination of log events.
LOG4J2-1864 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1864>: Support capped
collections for MongoDb appender. Thanks to Matthias Kappeller.
LOG4J2-1813 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1813>: Log4j2 will
now print all internal logging to the console if system property log4j2.debug is
defined with any value (or no value).
LOG4J2-1766 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1766>: Temporary
compress directory during rollover (#88). Thanks to Pierrick HYMBERT.
LOG4J2-1814 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1814>: Added wrapper
classes CustomLoggerGenerator and ExtendedLoggerGenerator to avoid class name with a
dollar ($) character which has special meaning in many *nix command line environments.
LOG4J2-1884 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1884>: Added process
ID (pid) pattern converter.
LOG4J2-1699 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1699>: Configurable
Log File Permissions with PosixFilePermission. Thanks to Demetrios Dimatos, Pierrick
HYMBERT.
LOG4J2-1945 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1945>: Generate
source jas for all test jars.
LOG4J2-1934 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1934>: JMS Appender
does not know how to recover from a broken connection.
LOG4J2-1955 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1955>: JMS Appender
should be able connect to a broker (later) even it is not present at configuration
time.
LOG4J2-1874 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1874>: Added methods
::writeBytes(ByteBuffer) and ::writeBytes(byte[], int, int) to ByteBufferDestination
interface and use these methods in TextEncoderHelper where possible to prepare for
future enhancements to reduce lock contention. Thanks to Roman Leventov.
LOG4J2-1442 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1442>: Generic HTTP
appender.
LOG4J2-1935 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1935>: Add
with(String, primitive) methods to org.apache.logging.log4j.message.MapMessage.
LOG4J2-1930 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1930>: Add forEach()
methods to org.apache.logging.log4j.message.MapMessage.
LOG4J2-1932 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1932>: Add
containsKey() methods to org.apache.logging.log4j.message.MapMessage.
LOG4J2-1854 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1854>: Support null
byte delimiter in GelfLayout. Thanks to Xavier Jodoin.
LOG4J2-1359 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1359>: Add support
for Java 9 StackWalker.
LOG4J2-1880 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1880>: Warn when a
configuration file for an inactive ConfigurationFactory is found.
LOG4J2-1855 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1855>: Add an
optional random delay in TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy Thanks to Anthony Maire.
LOG4J2-1860 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1860>: Shortcut to
add Property and KeyValuePair component in ConfigurationBuilder.
LOG4J2-1294 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1294>: The JMS
Appender should use a JMS MapMessage for a Log4j MapMessage.
<https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#fixed-bugs>Fixed
Bugs
LOG4J2-1833 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1833>: Prevent
NullPointerException when a file name is specified with the
DirectWriteRolloverStrategy.
LOG4J2-2018 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2018>: Fix incorrect
documentation for LoggerNameLevelRewritePolicy.
LOG4J2-922 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-922>: Parameter of
mdcId in SyslogAppender has no default value. Thanks to angus.aqlu, Paul Burrowes.
LOG4J2-2001 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2001>:
StyleConverter.newInstance argument validation is incorrect. Thanks to Paul Burrowes.
LOG4J2-1999 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1999>:
HighlightConverter converts all unrecognized levels to DEBUG. Thanks to Paul Burrowes.
LOG4J2-2013 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2013>:
SslSocketManager does not apply SSLContext on TCP reconnect. Thanks to Taylor Patton,
Gary Gregory.
LOG4J2-2016 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2016>: Mark
FileRenameAction as successful when using alternative ways to move files. Thanks to
Benjamin Jaton.
LOG4J2-2012 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2012>: No compression
when using a separate drive in Linux. Thanks to Benjamin Jaton.
LOG4J2-1888 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1888>: Log4j throws a
java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException: cp65001. Thanks to Misagh Moayyed.
LOG4J2-1990 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1990>:
ConcurrentModificationException logging a parameter of type Map. Thanks to Philippe
Mouawad.
LOG4J2-1311 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1311>: SocketAppender
will lose several events after re-connection to server. Thanks to Xibing Liang.
LOG4J2-1977 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1977>: Consider the
StringBuilder's capacity instead of content length when trimming. Thanks to Jerry
xnslong.
LOG4J2-1971 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1971>: Register log4j-core as
an OSGi service. Skip tests for LOG4J2-1766 on MacOS. Use group "staff" for
LOG4J2-1699 test on MacOS.
LOG4J2-1994 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1994>:
TcpSocketServer does not close accepted Sockets.
LOG4J2-1987 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1987>: Log4J JUL Bridge and RMI Security
Manager causes access denied ("java.util.logging.LoggingPermission" "control") Thanks
to Andreas Felder.
LOG4J2-1982 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1982>:
Log4j-config.xsd only allows one AppenderRef element for each Logger element. Thanks
to Christoph Lembeck.
LOG4J2-1985 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1985>: Fix default
buffer size to match documentation (from 8102 to 8192 a.k.a. 8KB.) Thanks to Kenneth
McFarland.
LOG4J2-1912 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1912>: CompositeConfiguration
logs warning "Unable to determine URI for configuration." However, the
reconfiguration is completed. Thanks to R Ri.
LOG4J2-1964 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1964>: Dynamic
reconfiguration does not work for filePattern of RollingFile. Thanks to Pierrick
HYMBERT.
LOG4J2-1961 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1961>: Reconfigure
breaks DirectWriteRolloverStrategy. Thanks to Christian Vent.
LOG4J2-1943 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1943>: The
eventPrefix attribute was being ignored in the RFC5424Layout.
LOG4J2-1953 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1953>: JndiManager is
not released when the JmsAppender builder catches an exception trying to build itself.
LOG4J2-1911 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1911>: Improve the
documentation of the DynamicThresholdFilter.
LOG4J2-1929 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1929>: EOFException
with FormattedMessage. Thanks to Borys Sokolov.
LOG4J2-1948 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1948>: Trim levels
read from properties file to remove trailing spaces. Thanks to Michael Lück.
LOG4J2-1971 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1971>:
ClassCastException: org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.SystemBundleLoader$1 cannot be
cast to java.lang.ClassLoader. Thanks to liwenxian2017.
LOG4J2-1876 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1876>: More reliable
checking for runtime dependencies.
LOG4J2-1867 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1867>: Fix
configuration documentation.
LOG4J2-1858 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1858>: Ensure the
ThreadLocal StringBuilder in ParameterizedMessage won't hold excessively much memory
after logging a long message.
LOG4J2-1885 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1885>: Fix
documentation about default additivity value for loggers.
LOG4J2-1920 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1920>:
ScriptEngineManager is not available in Android and causes a NoClassDefFoundError.
Thanks to Ajitha.
LOG4J2-1989 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1989>: Clarify
Javadoc for AbstractTriggeringPolicy. Thanks to Kenneth McFarland.
LOG4J2-1993 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1993>: Fix compiler
warnings in LoggerConfigTest. Thanks to Kenneth McFarland.
<https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#changes>Changes
LOG4J2-1928 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1928>: Add support
for DirectWriteRolloverStrategy to RollingRandomAcessFileAppender.
LOG4J2-2022 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2022>: RFC5424Layout
now prints the process id.
LOG4J2-2020 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2020>: Remove default
layout from KafkaAppender.
LOG4J2-2023 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2023>: Use a class'
canonical name instead of name to create its logger name.
LOG4J2-2015 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2015>: Allow
KeyStoreConfiguration and TrustStoreConfiguration to find files as resources.
LOG4J2-2011 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2011>: Replace
JCommander command line parser with picocli to let users run Log4j2 utility
applications without requiring an external dependency.
LOG4J2-1984 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1984>: Allow
maxLength of StructuredData to be specified by the user.
LOG4J2-1071 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1071>: Allow for
bufferSize=0 in SMTP appender. Thanks to Ben Ludkiewicz, Benjamin Jaton.
LOG4J2-1261 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1261>: Async Loggers
no longer use deprecated LMAX Disruptor APIs. (Disruptor-3.3.3 or higher is now
required.)
LOG4J2-1908 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1908>: Improved error
message when misconfigured with multiple incompatible appenders targeting same file.
LOG4J2-1954 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1954>: Configurations
with multiple root loggers now fail loudly.
LOG4J2-1958 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1958>: Deprecate
SerializedLayout and remove it as default.
LOG4J2-1959 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1959>: Disable DTD
processing in XML configuration files.
LOG4J2-1950 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1950>: Fix docker
build with jdk9 requirements (#84). Thanks to Pierrick HYMBERT.
LOG4J2-1801 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1801>: Add more detail to WARN
"Ignoring log event" messages printed to the console after log4j was shut down.
LOG4J2-1926 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1926>: Facilitate
log4j use in Android applications: remove dependency on RMI and Management APIs from
log4j-api.
LOG4J2-1956 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1956>: JMS Appender
broker password should be a char[], not a String.
LOG4J2-1917 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1917>: Support using
java.util.ServiceLoader to locate Log4j 2 API providers.
LOG4J2-1966 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1966>: Include
separator option of PatternLayout in manual (and other updates). Thanks to M Sazzadul
Hoque.
LOG4J2-1851 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1851>: Move server
components from log4j-core to new log4-server module.
LOG4J2-1991 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1991>: Refactor
SimpleMessage to be concise and clear (#100) Thanks to .
LOG4J2-2017 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2017>: Update Jackson
from 2.8.9 to 2.9.0.
LOG4J2-1868 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1868>: Update
ZeroMQ's JeroMQ from 0.3.6 to 0.4.0.
LOG4J2-1960 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1960>: Update
ZeroMQ's JeroMQ from 0.4.0 to 0.4.1.
LOG4J2-1974 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1974>: Update
ZeroMQ's JeroMQ from 0.4.1 to 0.4.2.
LOG4J2-1869 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1869>: Update Kafka
client from 0.10.1.1 to 0.10.2.0
LOG4J2-1962 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1962>: Update Kafka
client from 0.10.2.0 to 0.11.0.0
LOG4J2-1872 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1872>: Update
JavaMail from 1.5.5 to 1.5.6.
LOG4J2-1879 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1879>: Update JAnsi
from 1.14 to 1.15.
LOG4J2-1877 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1877>: Missing
documentation for Max index limit in DefaultRolloverStrategy. Thanks to Chandra
Tungathurthi.
LOG4J2-1899 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1899>: Add missing
getters to classes in package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.ssl.
LOG4J2-1900 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1900>: Update JAnsi
from 1.15 to 1.16.
LOG4J2- <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2->: Update SLF4J from
1.7.24 to 1.7.25.
LOG4J2-1938 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1938>: Update Jackson
from 2.8.7 to 2.8.9.
LOG4J2-1970 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1970>: Update
HdrHistogram from 2.1.8 to 2.1.9.
LOG4J2-1975 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1975>: Update
javax.persistence from 2.1.0 to 2.1.1.
LOG4J2-1976 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1976>: Update
org.osgi.core from 4.3.1 to 6.0.0.
Tag:
a) for a new copy do "git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2.git
<https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2.git>" and then "git checkout
tags/log4j-2.9-rc1”
b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout
tags/log4j-2.9-rc1”
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