[logback-user] Versioning policy?

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Sat Feb 25 15:03:12 CET 2017


On 2017-02-23T19:10:15 +0100
Ceki Gülcü <ceki at qos.ch> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I don't think we use semantic versioning. Semantic versioning allows 
> “unlimited” changes when the MAJOR version is changed. In both SLF4J and 
> logback projects the major version has been stuck at 1.
> 
> The rule of thumb is as long as the slf4j-api and the binding versions 
> are the same, you should be fine for any version of slf4j-api. For 
> recent versions of logback, the slf4j-api version should be at least 1.7.16.
> 
> As for logback, for the vast majority of users changes should be 
> transparent unless you are writing your own logback extensions in which 
> case some minor adjustments might be necessary from time to time.
> 
> To answer your question directly, the version range [1.7.16, 1.8.0) for 
> slf4j-api should be safe.
> 

Sounds good, thanks!

M
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