[ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache Log4j Extras 1.2.17 released

The Apache Log4j 1 team is pleased to announce the release of Apache 
Log4j Extras 1.2.17.

Apache Extras™ for Apache log4j™ is a jar file full of additional 
functionality for log4j 1.2.x.

This release is a maintenance release.

Changes:

- Version naming changed to match the required log4j version.
- RollingFileAppender with TimeBasedRolling policy doesn't create 
parent-path if FileNamePattern contains date pattern as directory 
(thanks to Daniel Stankiewicz) Fixes 53536.	
- DBAppender has a compile error (thanks to Antonio Petrelli) Fixes 
53645.
- Prefixed FormattingInfo and PatternParser with Extras to avoid 
classloading conflict
- Fixed product naming	
- Removed duplicated classes (thanks to Jess Holle for spotting it)
- Removed ant build	
- Made tests writing to target folder	
- Merged all companions into the extras companion
- Switched Parent to Apache parent Fixes 47595.	
- Upgraded to Apache Maven 3

Apache Log4j Extras 1.2.17 required Java > 1.4.2 and Log4j 1.2.17.

For more information please visit the product website:

http://logging.apache.org/log4j/extras