Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Log4cxx 1.3.1

2024-11-28 Thread Stephen Webb
Hi Gary, I have not done a Windows version of "validate-release" yet. It requires deciding whether I rely on vcpkg or learn power-shell stuff to install dependencies. The web-site (https://logging.apache.org/log4cxx/1.3.0/build-cmake.html) has some commands for Windows. But they assume you have m

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Log4cxx 1.3.1

2024-11-28 Thread Jan Friedrich
Hi Stephen, +1 I verified the signatures and ran the tests successful under Linux (Ubuntu 22.04.5). Regards. Jan Thursday, November 28, 2024, 1:14:39 AM, you wrote: > This is a vote to release the Apache Log4cxx 1.3.1. > Website: https://logging.staged.apache.org/log4cxx/1.3.1/changelog.htm

Re: Compatibility between Log4j API and implementation

2024-11-28 Thread Gary Gregory
This is beyond confusing and a new kind of "soft" jar hell IMO. I read this twice and I have no idea how a user would make sense of this. Log4j 2.x should be all in sync, all jars should be released with each version and match. Period. IMO. Gary On Thu, Nov 28, 2024, 9:52 AM Piotr P. Karwasz w

Re: Compatibility between Log4j API and implementation

2024-11-28 Thread Piotr P. Karwasz
Hi Ralph, On 14.11.2024 19:46, Ralph Goers wrote: Log4j core has a version compatibility comparison just for this reason. If core is updated to require some new feature in the API then the version it checks for needs to be updated and Log4j-API needs to update its version when it adds new fea

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Log4cxx 1.3.1

2024-11-28 Thread Gary D. Gregory
Hi Stephen, With the src zip file, ASC and SHA512 are OK. Since there is no Windows version of validate-release.sh, I tried to run "cmake -B ." but it failed. Any advice? C:\Users\ggregory\rc\cxx\apache-log4cxx-1.3.1>cmake -B . -- Building for: Visual Studio 17 2022 -- Selecting Windows SDK ver

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Log4cxx 1.3.1

2024-11-28 Thread Gary D. Gregory
I don't think we should provide BOTH 256 AND 512 SHA files. 512 is enough. NOt a blocker obviously. Gary On 2024/11/28 00:14:39 Stephen Webb wrote: > This is a vote to release the Apache Log4cxx 1.3.1. > > Website: https://logging.staged.apache.org/log4cxx/1.3.1/changelog.html > GitHub: https:/

Re: Cleanup of `downloads.apache.org`

2024-11-28 Thread Vladimir Sitnikov
> I really don't think we need to point to non-log4j projects on this page. That is so true. If only there was a way to release log4j 1.x with CVE fixes. Sure it would make third-party mentions irrelevant. Vladimir

Re: Cleanup of `downloads.apache.org`

2024-11-28 Thread Piotr P. Karwasz
Hi Gary, On 16.11.2024 19:42, Gary Gregory wrote: Note that the statement on the EOL site is incorrect: "The reload4j project provides a drop-in replacement for Log4j 1.x with maintenance and security fixes." It certainly is not a "drop-in replacement" because it ripped out public classes and

Re: A logger config named "root"

2024-11-28 Thread Piotr P. Karwasz
Hi Gary, On 19.11.2024 19:47, Gary D. Gregory wrote: I don't want to not loose support for "root" (lower-case) in the Log4j 1 configuration properties bridge since that's a documented feature in 1.x. I still have a product that uses 1.x style properties files, and converting converting our ins