Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-announce-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-announce-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 26928189FA for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2015 19:34:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 53504 invoked by uid 500); 13 Oct 2015 19:34:19 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-announce-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 53028 invoked by uid 500); 13 Oct 2015 19:34:19 -0000 Mailing-List: contact announce-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list announce@apache.org Delivered-To: moderator for announce@apache.org Received: (qmail 36147 invoked by uid 99); 13 Oct 2015 14:01:29 -0000 X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at spamd3-us-west.apache.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 4 X-Spam-Level: **** X-Spam-Status: No, score=4 tagged_above=-999 required=6.31 tests=[HTML_MESSAGE=3, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY=1] autolearn=disabled X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: From: Ralph Goers Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_F4FC794A-1105-4211-92CE-6EF277263A2C" Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache Log4j 2.4.1 released Message-Id: <1684CD2C-C7EC-49EA-AEF9-C72A7C2B7CB6@apache.org> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:00:53 -0700 To: announce@apache.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2102\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2102) X-MAG-OUTBOUND: greymail.redcondor.net@137.118.22.64/27 --Apple-Mail=_F4FC794A-1105-4211-92CE-6EF277263A2C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The Apache Log4j 2 team is pleased to announce the Log4j 2.4.1 release! Apache log4j is a well known framework for logging application behavior. = Log4j 2 is an upgrade to Log4j that provides significant improvements over its predecessor, Log4j = 1.x, and provides many other modern features such as support for Markers, property = substitution using Lookups, and asynchronous Loggers. In addition, Log4j 2 will not lose events while reconfiguring. This is the ninth GA release. It contains several bugfixes and new = features. Log4j 2 requires a minimum of Java 7. GA Release 2.4.1 Changes in this version include: New features: o LOG4J2-1129: Allow PatternLayout to select a pattern to use based on = some selection criteria.=20 o LOG4J2-1145: Add %equals to PatternLayout to test and replace = patterns with strings.=20 o LOG4J2-1147: Add %equalsIgnoreCase to PatternLayout to test and = replace patterns with strings.=20 o LOG4J2-1146: Add %notEmpty to PatternLayout to avoid output of = patterns where all variables are empty.=20 o LOG4J2-1020: Add possibility to set shutdown timeout on = AsyncAppender.=20 Fixed Bugs: o LOG4J2-1153: Fixed NullPointerException when only root logger is = defined (and no named loggers) in configuration properties file.=20 o LOG4J2-1140: Fixed bug where headers were not being written to first = file with RollingFileAppender.=20 o LOG4J2-1149: Fixed bug where PatternLayout predefined date pattern = with time zone always renders default date format.=20 o LOG4J2-1050: Fixed Log4jLookup.=20 o LOG4J2-1142: Fix potential memory leak in web applications by using a = straight ThreadLocal field instead of subclassing ThreadLocal.=20 o LOG4J2-1135: Compression on rollover was broken: log file was renamed = to .zip but not compressed.=20 o LOG4J2-1127: log4j2.xml cannot be parsed on Oracle Weblogic 12c.=20 o LOG4J2-1132: Do not use MongoDB driver 2.13.3 deprecated methods.=20 o LOG4J2-1144: Add %markerSimpleName in pattern layout should evaluate = to marker name (not toString()).=20 o LOG4J2-1126: Web site corrections and updates.=20 Changes: o LOG4J2-1151: Performance improvement: backport Java 8 fast ISO-8859-1 = String to byte[] encoder to AbstractStringLayout.=20 o LOG4J2-935: Performance improvement when converting Strings to byte[] = arrays.=20 o LOG4J2-1040: Update MongoDB driver from 2.13.3 to 3.0.4.=20 o LOG4J2-1128: Reuse StringBuilder to improve performance for = String-based layouts: CSV, GELF, HTML, RFC524, Syslog.=20 o LOG4J2-1131: Update mongo-java-driver from 2.13.2 to 2.13.3.=20 o LOG4J2-1138: Do not use Jackson deprecated methods.=20 o LOG4J2-1139: Update Jackson from 2.6.1 to 2.6.2.=20 o LOG4J2-1150: Update kafka-clients from 0.8.2.1 to 0.8.2.2.=20 Apache Log4j 2.4.1 requires a minimum of Java 7 to build and run. Log4j = 2.4 and greater requires Java 7, version 2.3 required Java 6. Basic compatibility with Log4j 1.x is provided through the log4j-1.2-api = component, however it does not implement some of the very implementation specific classes and methods. The package names and = Maven groupId have been changed to org.apache.logging.log4j to avoid any conflicts with log4j 1.x. For complete information on Apache Log4j 2, including instructions on = how to submit bug reports, patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Apache Log4j 2 = website: http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/= --Apple-Mail=_F4FC794A-1105-4211-92CE-6EF277263A2C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii 
The Apache Log4j 2 team =
is pleased to announce the Log4j 2.4.1 release!

Apache log4j is a well known framework for logging =
application behavior. Log4j 2 is an upgrade to
Log4j that =
provides significant improvements over its predecessor, Log4j 1.x, and =
provides
many other modern features such as support for =
Markers, property substitution using Lookups, and asynchronous
Loggers. In addition, Log4j 2 will not lose events while =
reconfiguring.

This is the ninth GA =
release. It contains several bugfixes and new features.
Log4j 2 requires a minimum of Java 7.

GA Release 2.4.1

Changes in this =
version include:

New features:
o LOG4J2-1129:  Allow PatternLayout to select a pattern to =
use based on some selection criteria. 
o LOG4J2-1145:  Add =
%equals to PatternLayout to test and replace patterns with strings. 
o LOG4J2-1147:  Add %equalsIgnoreCase to PatternLayout to =
test and replace patterns with strings. 
o LOG4J2-1146:  =
Add %notEmpty to PatternLayout to avoid output of patterns where all =
variables are empty. 
o LOG4J2-1020:  Add possibility to =
set shutdown timeout on AsyncAppender. 

Fixed=
 Bugs:
o LOG4J2-1153:  Fixed NullPointerException when =
only root logger is defined (and no named loggers) in configuration =
properties file. 
o LOG4J2-1140:  Fixed bug where headers =
were not being written to first file with RollingFileAppender. 
o LOG4J2-1149:  Fixed bug where PatternLayout predefined date =
pattern with time zone always renders default date format. 
o LOG4J2-1050:  Fixed Log4jLookup. 
o =
LOG4J2-1142:  Fix potential memory leak in web applications by using a =
straight ThreadLocal field instead of subclassing ThreadLocal. 
o LOG4J2-1135:  Compression on rollover was broken: log file =
was renamed to .zip but not compressed. 
o LOG4J2-1127:  =
log4j2.xml cannot be parsed on Oracle Weblogic 12c. 
o =
LOG4J2-1132:  Do not use MongoDB driver 2.13.3 deprecated methods. 
o LOG4J2-1144:  Add %markerSimpleName in pattern layout =
should evaluate to marker name (not toString()). 
o =
LOG4J2-1126:  Web site corrections and updates. 

Changes:
o LOG4J2-1151:  Performance =
improvement: backport Java 8 fast ISO-8859-1 String to byte[] encoder to =
AbstractStringLayout. 
o LOG4J2-935:  Performance =
improvement when converting Strings to byte[] arrays. 
o =
LOG4J2-1040:  Update MongoDB driver from 2.13.3 to 3.0.4. 
o=
 LOG4J2-1128:  Reuse StringBuilder to improve performance for =
String-based layouts: CSV, GELF, HTML, RFC524, Syslog. 
o =
LOG4J2-1131:  Update mongo-java-driver from 2.13.2 to 2.13.3. 
o LOG4J2-1138:  Do not use Jackson deprecated methods. 
o LOG4J2-1139:  Update Jackson from 2.6.1 to 2.6.2. 
o LOG4J2-1150:  Update kafka-clients from 0.8.2.1 to 0.8.2.2. =



Apache Log4j 2.4.1 requires =
a minimum of Java 7 to build and run. Log4j 2.4 and greater requires =
Java 7,
version 2.3 required Java 6.

Basic compatibility with Log4j 1.x is provided through the =
log4j-1.2-api component, however it does not implement some of the
very implementation specific classes and methods. The package =
names and Maven groupId have been changed to
org.apache.logging.log4j to avoid any conflicts with log4j =
1.x.

For complete information on Apache =
Log4j 2, including instructions on how to submit bug reports,
patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache =
Apache Log4j 2 website:

http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/
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