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Posted to dev@logging.apache.org by Mikael Ståldal <mi...@staldal.nu> on 2017/07/05 20:05:43 UTC
[Log4j] Android support
First of all, we need to make sure that at least log4j-api works
flawlessy on Android. I think this is already covered by
LOG4J2-1926.
But do we also aim for having log4j-core working on Android? It seems to
me that it could be a lot of work (and possibly force us to remove some
Android-incompatible features like JMX), and maybe not worth it.
Another option would be to accept and document the fact that log4j-core
does not support Android, and instead create an alternative
implementation which works in Android (likely much smaller and simpler).
Possibly with some Android specific stuff in it (like a LogCat Appender
as requested in LOG4J2-951).
We have some outstanding tickets about this (some very old):
LOG4J2-461
LOG4J2-728
LOG4J2-951
LOG4J2-1915
LOG4J2-1921
I tried to label all of them with "Android".
On 2017-07-05 21:29, Gary Gregory wrote:
> An important customer for us is Apache HttpClient for which I already
> switched to Log4j2 in the 5.0 (alpha level) branch. I am on the PMC there
> as well. Any help to get Android cooking for Log4j modules would be g r e a
> t. I am on deadline at work until the end of the month so my time is
> limited and focused on what I must have.
Re: [Log4j] Android support
Posted by Matt Sicker <bo...@gmail.com>.
A minimal log4j-android-core type of thing could be handy, though I feel
that would be easier to do with the log4j-core modularization I proposed a
while back. We wouldn't want to duplicate plugin code and things like that.
On 5 July 2017 at 15:57, Mikael Ståldal <mi...@apache.org> wrote:
> It would also be good if log4j-jul works on Android.
>
> And log4j-jcl (given that commons-logging itself works).
>
> And log4j-slf4j-impl and log4j-to-slf4j (given that SLF4J itself works).
>
>
>
> On 2017-07-05 22:19, Mikael Ståldal wrote:
>
>> I think it is enough with log4j-api support for Android in the 2.9
>> release, we can fix log4j-core (or provide an alternative) later.
>>
>> On 2017-07-05 22:05, Mikael Ståldal wrote:
>>
>>> First of all, we need to make sure that at least log4j-api works
>>> flawlessy on Android. I think this is already covered by
>>> LOG4J2-1926.
>>>
>>> But do we also aim for having log4j-core working on Android? It seems to
>>> me that it could be a lot of work (and possibly force us to remove some
>>> Android-incompatible features like JMX), and maybe not worth it.
>>>
>>> Another option would be to accept and document the fact that log4j-core
>>> does not support Android, and instead create an alternative implementation
>>> which works in Android (likely much smaller and simpler). Possibly with
>>> some Android specific stuff in it (like a LogCat Appender as requested in
>>> LOG4J2-951).
>>>
>>> We have some outstanding tickets about this (some very old):
>>> LOG4J2-461
>>> LOG4J2-728
>>> LOG4J2-951
>>> LOG4J2-1915
>>> LOG4J2-1921
>>>
>>> I tried to label all of them with "Android".
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2017-07-05 21:29, Gary Gregory wrote:
>>>
>>>> An important customer for us is Apache HttpClient for which I already
>>>> switched to Log4j2 in the 5.0 (alpha level) branch. I am on the PMC
>>>> there
>>>> as well. Any help to get Android cooking for Log4j modules would be g r
>>>> e a
>>>> t. I am on deadline at work until the end of the month so my time is
>>>> limited and focused on what I must have.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
--
Matt Sicker <bo...@gmail.com>
Re: [Log4j] Android support
Posted by Mikael Ståldal <mi...@apache.org>.
It would also be good if log4j-jul works on Android.
And log4j-jcl (given that commons-logging itself works).
And log4j-slf4j-impl and log4j-to-slf4j (given that SLF4J itself works).
On 2017-07-05 22:19, Mikael Ståldal wrote:
> I think it is enough with log4j-api support for Android in the 2.9
> release, we can fix log4j-core (or provide an alternative) later.
>
> On 2017-07-05 22:05, Mikael Ståldal wrote:
>> First of all, we need to make sure that at least log4j-api works
>> flawlessy on Android. I think this is already covered by
>> LOG4J2-1926.
>>
>> But do we also aim for having log4j-core working on Android? It seems
>> to me that it could be a lot of work (and possibly force us to remove
>> some Android-incompatible features like JMX), and maybe not worth it.
>>
>> Another option would be to accept and document the fact that
>> log4j-core does not support Android, and instead create an alternative
>> implementation which works in Android (likely much smaller and
>> simpler). Possibly with some Android specific stuff in it (like a
>> LogCat Appender as requested in LOG4J2-951).
>>
>> We have some outstanding tickets about this (some very old):
>> LOG4J2-461
>> LOG4J2-728
>> LOG4J2-951
>> LOG4J2-1915
>> LOG4J2-1921
>>
>> I tried to label all of them with "Android".
>>
>>
>> On 2017-07-05 21:29, Gary Gregory wrote:
>>> An important customer for us is Apache HttpClient for which I already
>>> switched to Log4j2 in the 5.0 (alpha level) branch. I am on the PMC
>>> there
>>> as well. Any help to get Android cooking for Log4j modules would be g
>>> r e a
>>> t. I am on deadline at work until the end of the month so my time is
>>> limited and focused on what I must have.
>>
>
Re: [Log4j] Android support
Posted by Mikael Ståldal <mi...@apache.org>.
I think it is enough with log4j-api support for Android in the 2.9
release, we can fix log4j-core (or provide an alternative) later.
On 2017-07-05 22:05, Mikael Ståldal wrote:
> First of all, we need to make sure that at least log4j-api works
> flawlessy on Android. I think this is already covered by
> LOG4J2-1926.
>
> But do we also aim for having log4j-core working on Android? It seems to
> me that it could be a lot of work (and possibly force us to remove some
> Android-incompatible features like JMX), and maybe not worth it.
>
> Another option would be to accept and document the fact that log4j-core
> does not support Android, and instead create an alternative
> implementation which works in Android (likely much smaller and simpler).
> Possibly with some Android specific stuff in it (like a LogCat Appender
> as requested in LOG4J2-951).
>
> We have some outstanding tickets about this (some very old):
> LOG4J2-461
> LOG4J2-728
> LOG4J2-951
> LOG4J2-1915
> LOG4J2-1921
>
> I tried to label all of them with "Android".
>
>
> On 2017-07-05 21:29, Gary Gregory wrote:
>> An important customer for us is Apache HttpClient for which I already
>> switched to Log4j2 in the 5.0 (alpha level) branch. I am on the PMC there
>> as well. Any help to get Android cooking for Log4j modules would be g
>> r e a
>> t. I am on deadline at work until the end of the month so my time is
>> limited and focused on what I must have.
>