Re: There is no log4j-slf4j2-impl in 3.0.0-beta3

Seems like it might be useful to include the 2.x dependencies in the 3.x =
bom file then?

> On Nov 28, 2024, at 07:40, Piotr P. Karwasz =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi Pavel,
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> On 28.11.2024 13:47, PavelTurk wrote:
>> Thank you very much for your help. I've understood how it works. I =
just wonder did you decide to go this way because=20
>> you plan to continue version 2?
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> In January this year we decided not to continue the development of =
Log4j API 3.
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> The reason for this decision is simple: for a logging API it is =
unrealistic to assume that users can move all their code and =
dependencies from Log4j API 2 to Log4j API 3 at once. If we want =
breaking changes in Log4j API 3, we have two choices:
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> 1. We can use a new package name. For me this means: introduce yet =
another logging API.
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> 2. We can make no breaking changes.
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> We chose the second, so we decided we might as well call it Log4j API =
2 and stress the independence of the API from the implementations. SLF4J =
has one native implementation, Log4j API 2 will soon have two (Log4j =
Core 2 and Log4j Core 3).
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> Regarding version 2:
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> * Both Log4j API 2 and Log4j Core 2 will be supported for a long time.
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> * Log4j API 2 will be actively developed for the foreseeable future. =
This means: at least until we find a successor. Personally I would like =
the next logging API to be developed in collaboration between multiple =
implementers and users, so we can stop this logging API war that has =
been going on for years. An external standardization body that =
guarantees to maintain the API after we all retire would be ideal for =
this purpose. Together with Christian and Volkan we reached out to =
Jakarta[2], but judging from the answers, a Jakarta Logging API is =
unlikely to appear.
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> * We didn't discuss the details yet, but Log4j Core 2 might switch to =
"bug-fixes only" and then to "security-fixes only" some time after the =
first 3.0.0 release.
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> Piotr
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> [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/p2lgr3xtt9hq77j7r67r8x1tc1z7kbol
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> [2] https://www.eclipse.org/lists/jakarta.ee-spec/msg03511.html
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