vy commented on code in PR #3467: URL: https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3467#discussion_r1959551727
########## log4j-mongodb4/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/mongodb4/MongoDb4Connection.java: ########## @@ -67,21 +67,23 @@ public MongoDb4Connection( final ConnectionString connectionString, final MongoClient mongoClient, final MongoDatabase mongoDatabase, + final String collectionName, Review Comment: > The build system that log4j uses is something that I have not been able to get to work on my machine. Even if I solve odd errors like distributionSha256Sum challenges and downgrade the java version, it still gets blocked by issues with some of the docker steps due to ARM architecture of my Mac, so running that command isn't currently possible. This is a very important problem that we need to tackle. To start with, assuming you locally have JDK 17 installed, please go through [BUILDING.adoc](/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/2.x/BUILDING.adoc) first, unless you've already done so. Does `./mvnw install -DskipTests` work? What about `./mvnw verify -pl :log4j-mongodb,:log4j-mongodb4`? If not, please share the associated error messages and the commit ID you're building from. > I understand your point about the constructor, but the constructor is only called from inside the build method. And with the builder pattern people should be using the build method to handle all of those pieces anyway and not directly invoking the constructor. Since the method/ctor and the class is public, and exported, it is a part of our binary API that we cannot break the compatibility with. There might exist 3rd party integrations using these API endpoints. This is a major difference between `main` (targeting the next major release, i.e., `3.0.0`, hence we are allowed introduce binary backward incompatibilities) and `2.x` (targeting the next `2.x` release, where breaking changes are not allowed). > This approach is inline with previously requested changes in the `main` branch and moving these would just make the change bigger and make it a larger difference between 2.x and the 3.x approaches. Agreed – welcome to the world of Log4j maintainers. :sweat_smile: -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: notifications-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org