[slf4j-dev] 1.5.4?

[Ralph Goers]

It depends on how long you want to wait. I'm pretty sure I can get that 
documented by the end of the weekend.

Ceki Gulcu wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'd like to soon cut a release for SLF4J 1.5.4.
>
> Here is the change summary.
>
> - Improvements to documentations as well as fix for packaging problems related 
> to slf4j-ext module.
>
> - At initialization time, LoggerFactory will check that the version of the 
> slf4j-binding matches that of slf4j-api. If there is a mismatch a warning will 
> be issued on the console. This should help our users identify SLF4J related 
> problems more quickly.
>
> - We now say that markers contain references to other markers. We no longer talk 
> about child markers. The javadocs of the Marker interface have been updated to 
> reflect this change. Moreover, the hasChildren() method in the Marker interface 
> has been deprecated and a new method called hasReferences() was added.
>
> - SLF4JBridgeHandler (part of jul-to-slf4j) now accounts for loggers with 
> resourceBundle as well parameters. This feature requested by Darryl Smith in bug 
> 98 and by Jarek Gawor in bug 103.
>
>
> Are there any remaining tasks? Thorbjørn is still working on agent 
> instrumentation. Ralph has volunteered to add documentation about XLogger. The 
> former is open ended, so I don't think we should wait for Thorbjørn. Should we 
> wait for Ralph to get a first shot at the xlogger docs? Ralph?
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>