My +1 Ralph
> On Feb 5, 2019, at 7:29 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > This is a vote to release Log4j 2.11.2, 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 release include: > > > New Features > > • LOG4J2-2496: JDBC Appender should reconnect to the database when a > connection goes stale. > • LOG4J2-2505: Let JDBC PoolingDriverConnectionSource with Apache > Commons DBCP configure a PoolableConnectionFactory. > • LOG4J2-2509: Allow a JDBC Appender to truncate strings to match a > table's metadata column length limit. > • LOG4J2-1246: PatternLayout %date conversion pattern should render > time zone designator for ISO-ISO8601. > Fixed Bugs > > • LOG4J2-2500: Document that Properties element must be the first > configuration element. > • LOG4J2-2543: Add Log4j-to-SLF4J to BOM pom.xml. Thanks to Dermot > Hardy. > • LOG4J2-2061: Use the file pattern as the FileManager "name" when no > filename is present. > • LOG4J2-2009: Expose LoggerContext.setConfiguration as a public method. > • LOG4J2-2542: CronTriggeringPolicy was not rolling properly, > especially when used with the SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy. > • LOG4J2-2266: Load PropertySources from any accessible ClassLoader. > Hide any exceptions that may occur accessing a PropertySource. > • LOG4J2-1570: Logging with a lambda expression with a method call that > also logs would cause logs within method call to reference line num and > method name of the parent method. > • LOG4J2-2485: SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy was not honored when using the > DirectWriteRolloverStrategy if the machine restarts. Thanks to Giovanni > Matteo Fumarola. > • LOG4J2-1906: Direct write was creating files with the wrong date/time. > • LOG4J2-2453: Add Log4j-slf4j18-impl dependency to bom pom. Thanks to > theit. > • LOG4J2-2515: Configuration documentation referenced incorrect method > name. Thanks to MakarovS. > • LOG4J2-2514: Make Strings.toRootUpperCase a static method so it can > be accessed. Thanks to smilebrian0515. > • LOG4J2-1571: Fixed Appenders section in Extending Log4j. Thanks to > torbenmoeller. > • LOG4J2-2397: Predeployment of PersistenceUnit that using Log4j as > session logger failed (#198). Thanks to EckelDong. > • LOG4J2-2365: NameAbbreviator correctly abbreviates first fragments > (#188). Thanks to Eugene Zimichev. > • LOG4J2-2201: Fix memory leak in ReusableParameterizedMessage. > • LOG4J2-2363: ReusableObjectMessage parameter is properly passed to > appenders (#203). Thanks to Brian Laub. > • LOG4J2-2418: NullPointerException when closing never used > RollingRandomAccessFileAppender. Thanks to Jonas Rutishauser. > • LOG4J2-2422: Handle some unchecked exceptions while loading plugins. > Thanks to rswart, Gary Gregory. > • LOG4J2-2441: Setting a null ErrorHandler on AbstractAppender is not > allowed and will no-op as expected. > • LOG4J2-2444: ErrorHandler is invoked with a LogEvent and Throwable > when possible, where previously only a string was used. > • LOG4J2-2413: Exceptions are added to all columns when a JDBC > Appender's ColumnMapping uses a Pattern. Thanks to Andres Luuk, Gary Gregory. > • LOG4J2-2466: ColumnMapping literal not working. Thanks to Paolo > Bonanomi, Gary Gregory. > • LOG4J2-2478: AbstractStringLayoutStringEncodingBenchmark returns the > computed variables on each benchmark to avoid DCE. Thanks to Diego Elias > Costa. > • LOG4J2-2134: StackOverflowError at > AwaitCompletionReliabilityStrategy. Thanks to David del Amo Mateos, Gary > Gregory. > • LOG4J2-2481: Avoid NullPointerExceptions in > org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration for null arguments. > • LOG4J2-2457: RollingRandomAccessFileManager ignores new file patterns > from programmatic reconfiguration. Thanks to Heiko Schwanke, Gary Gregory. > • LOG4J2-2482: BasicContextSelector cannot be used in a OSGI > application. Thanks to Rob Gansevles. > • LOG4J2-2476: org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout and ConsoleAppender > missing in log4j-1.2-api. Thanks to Al Bundy. > • LOG4J2-2497: JmsAppender reconnectIntervalMillis cannot be set from a > configuration file. > • LOG4J2-2499: JMS Appender may throw a NullPointerException when JMS > is not up while the Appender is starting. > • LOG4J2-2508: JDBC Appender fails when using both parameter, source, > and literal ColumnMapping elements. > • LOG4J2-2527: Prevent ConcurrentModificationException while iterating > over ListAppender events. > • LOG4J2-2522: Fix regression using MapMessageLookup.lookup with > MapMessages that do not implement StringMapMessage. Thanks to Adam Lesiak. > • LOG4J2-2530: Generalize checks using MapMessage implementations with > do not extend StringMapMessage. Introduce new JAVA_UNQUOTED MapMessage format > type based on the JAVA formatting, but without quoted values. Thanks to > Travis Spencer. > • LOG4J2-2533: Fix a regression introduced by LOG4J2-2301 in 2.11.1 > allowing allocation to occur in AsyncLoggerConfig. Thanks to Michail Prusakov. > Changes > > • LOG4J2-1576: Switch from CLIRR to RevAPI for detecting API changes. > • LOG4J2-2391: Improve exception logging performance. ThrowableProxy > construction uses a faster method to discover the current stack trace. > ThrowablePatternConverter and ExtendedThrowablePatternConverter default > configurations no longer allocate an additional buffer for stack trace > contents. > • LOG4J2-2447: Let the NullAppender default its name to "null". > • LOG4J2-2468: Update Jackson from 2.9.6 to 2.9.7. > • LOG4J2-2469: Update Apache Commons Compress from 1.17 to 1.18. > • LOG4J2-2470: Update Apache Commons CSV from 1.5 to 1.6. > • LOG4J2-2471: Update javax.mail from 1.6.1 to 1.6.2. > • LOG4J2-2472: Update mongo-java-driver 3 from 3.8.0 to 3.8.2. > • LOG4J2-2489: JDBC Appender should release parameter resources ASAP. > • LOG4J2-2491: Allow all Appenders to optionally carry a Property array. > • LOG4J2-2405: Better handling of %highlight pattern when using > jul-bridge. Thanks to Marco Herrn. > • LOG4J2-2503: Update MongoDB driver from 3.8.2 to 3.9.0 for > log4j-mongodb3 module. > > Tag: > a) for a new copy do "git clone > https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2.git"; and then "git checkout > tags/log4j-2.11.2-rc3” > b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout > tags/log4j-2.11.2-rc3” > > Web Site: http://rgoers.github.io/log4j2-site/index.html. > > Maven Artifacts: > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1044/ > > Distribution archives: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/logging/log4j/ > > You may download all the Maven artifacts by executing: > wget -e robots=off --cut-dirs=7 -nH -r -p -np --no-check-certificate > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1044/org/apache/logging/log4j/ > > Ralph >
