[qos.ch-announce] Release of SLF4J version 2.0.0-alpha4

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Hello all,

I am pleased to announce SLF4J 2.0.0-alpha4. This release
contains the slf4j-jdk-platform module which adds support for the
Java Platform Logging API (JEP 264).

The 2.0.x series introduces a backward-compatible fluent logging
API.  By backward-compatible, we mean that existing logging
frameworks do not have to be changed in order for the user to
benefit from the fluent logging API. However, existing frameworks
*must* migrate to the ServiceLoader mechanism. The resulting
internal changes are detailed in the FAQ page.

   http://www.slf4j.org/faq.html#changesInVersion200

The 2.0.x series builds upon the the 1.8.x series which was
modularized per Java Platform Module System (JSR 376).

The 2.0.x series requires Java 8.

Please refer to the the news page for more details on this release:

     http://www.slf4j.org/news.html

Binary compatibility:

Mixing mixing different versions of slf4j-api.jar and SLF4J provider
can cause problems. For example, if you are using slf4j-api-2.0.0.jar,
then you should also use slf4j-simple-2.0.0.jar, using
slf4j-simple-1.5.5.jar will not work.

 From the client's perspective all versions of slf4j-api are
compatible. Client code compiled with slf4j-api-N.jar will run
perfectly fine with slf4j-api-M.jar for any N and M. You only need to
ensure that the version of your provider matches that of the
slf4j-api.jar. You do not have to worry about the version of
slf4j-api.jar used to compile a given dependency in your project. You
can always use *any* version of slf4j-api.jar, and as long as the
version of slf4j-api.jar and its provider match, you should be fine.

Downloading SLF4J:

You can download SLF4J, including full source code, class files and
documentation on our download page:

      http://www.slf4j.org/download.html

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