[slf4j-user] Release of SLF4J version 2.0.0-alpha5

[Ceki Gülcü]

Thanka Joakim. Good to know.

I am curious, were you using Java Platform Logging API (JEP 264) at all?

Cheers,

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Ceki

On 30/08/2021 20:35, Joakim Erdfelt wrote:
> Thank you for the release.
> 
> Eclipse Jetty has been at 2.0.0-alpha4 since it was released.
> We've been using it successfully on classpath and module-path.
> 
> Started the upgrade to 2.0.0-alpha5 now - 
> https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/6684 
> <https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/6684>
> 
> - Joakim
> 
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 11:35 AM Ceki Gülcü <ceki at qos.ch 
> <mailto:ceki at qos.ch>> wrote:
> 
>     Hello all,
> 
>     I am pleased to announce SLF4J 2.0.0-alpha5.  This release fixes
>     an issue with Java Platform Logging API (JEP 264) support when
>     running under the class-path (but not the module-path). JEP 264
>     support is new in SLF4J 2.0.0-alpha4.
> 
>     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
>     <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 (JPMS/Jigsaw).
> 
>     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 <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.
> 
>     With the exception of the fluent API (new in SLF4J 2.0.x), 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 <http://www.slf4j.org/download.html>
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>     Enjoy,
> 
>     -- 
>     Ceki Gülcü
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