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+
+            <a name="a2.0.9"></a>
+<div class="section" id="2.0.9">
+<h2><a name="a2.0.9"></a>2.0.9</h2>
+                
+<p>
+                    Apache log4net 2.0.9 adds <tt>netstandard2.0</tt> support
+                    and restructures the project to enable easier build as well as build
+                    at AppVeyer. Project files have been updated to the modern Sdk format.
+                </p>
+                <a name="a2.0.9-bug"></a>
+<div class="section" id="2.0.9-bug">
+<h2><a name="Bug_Fixes"></a>Bug Fixes</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-559">LOG4NET-559</a>] Add null checkes to avoid issues thrown by custom appenders</li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-563">LOG4NET-563</a>] Site styling copied from log4j</li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <a name="a2.0.8"></a>
+<div class="section" id="2.0.8">
+<h2><a name="a2.0.8"></a>2.0.8</h2>
+                
+<p>
+                    Apache log4net 2.0.8 fixes a
+                    <tt>LockRecursionException</tt>
+                    that could happen
+                    inside the <tt>FileAppender</tt> under certain
+                    circumstances. It also adds support for
+                    <tt>LogicalThreadContext</tt>
+                    to the .NET Standard
+                    build based on <tt>AsyncLocal</tt> rather than
+                    <tt>CallContext</tt>.
+                </p>
+
+                <a name="a2.0.8-bug"></a>
+<div class="section" id="2.0.8-bug">
+<h2><a name="Bug_Fixes"></a>Bug Fixes</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-466">LOG4NET-466</a>] - &quot;LockRecursionException:
+                            A read lock may not be acquired with the write lock held in this mode.&quot; exception
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-550">LOG4NET-550</a>] - Logging
+                            recursively from an Appender not supported for NET_4_0 and MONO_4_0
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-551">LOG4NET-551</a>] -
+                            LockRecursionException when using File Appenders
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-554">LOG4NET-554</a>] -
+                            LogicalThreadContext was removed in .NETStandard
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+
+                <a name="a2.0.8-new"></a>
+<div class="section" id="2.0.8-new">
+<h2><a name="New_Features"></a>New Features</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-553">LOG4NET-553</a>] -
+                            DebugAppender
+                            configuration should give the possibility to disable outputting loggerName as category
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <a name="a2.0.7"></a>
+<div class="section" id="2.0.7">
+<h2><a name="a2.0.7"></a>2.0.7</h2>
+                
+<p>
+                    Apache log4net 2.0.7 fixes a glitch in nuget packaging and
+                    is otherwise identical to 2.0.6 (apart from the copyright
+                    year and assembly version). If you are not using the nuget
+                    package there is no reason to upgrade.
+                </p>
+
+                <a name="a2.0.7-bug"></a>
+<div class="section" id="2.0.7-bug">
+<h2><a name="Bug_Fixes"></a>Bug Fixes</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-540">LOG4NET-540</a>] - nuget
+                            dependencies for .NET Standard leak into net46
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <a name="a2.0.6"></a>
+<div class="section" id="2.0.6">
+<h2><a name="a2.0.6"></a>2.0.6</h2>
+
+                
+<p>
+                    The Apache log4net team is now responsible for the nuget
+                    package, we've changed the version number of this release
+                    to align the version numbers. Release 2.0.6 is supposed to
+                    be compatible with 1.2.15.
+                </p>
+
+                
+<p>
+                    The binary distributions no longer contain assemblies
+                    built for the .NET Framework 1.x or Mono 1.x - you can
+                    build those yourself using the source distribution.
+                </p>
+
+                
+<p>
+                    Starting with 2.0.6 .NET Core - or more precisely
+                    .NET Standard 1.3 - has become a supported platform. Please
+                    note that several features of log4net are not available
+                    when using the .NET Core version, see <a href="framework-support.html#netstandard-1.3">framework
+                    support
+                </a> for details.
+                </p>
+
+                <a name="a2.0.6-bug"></a>
+<div class="section" id="2.0.6-bug">
+<h2><a name="Bug_Fixes"></a>Bug Fixes</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-508">LOG4NET-508</a>] - NAnt release
+                            build is not optimized
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-512">LOG4NET-512</a>] - Thread
+                            safety
+                            issue in Hierarchy.cs
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-527">LOG4NET-527</a>] - broken link
+                            on
+                            config-examples.html
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-529">LOG4NET-529</a>] - Possible
+                            thread-safety bug in LoggingEvent
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-536">LOG4NET-536</a>] - Can't
+                            build
+                            for NETCF-2.0
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+                <a name="a2.0.6-enh"></a>
+<div class="section" id="2.0.6-enh">
+<h2><a name="Improvements"></a>Improvements</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-530">LOG4NET-530</a>] - Use UTC
+                            internally to avoid ambiguous timestamps
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+
+                <a name="a2.0.6-new"></a>
+<div class="section" id="2.0.6-new">
+<h2><a name="New_Features"></a>New Features</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-467">LOG4NET-467</a>] - Is .NET
+                            Core,
+                            will be supported in the near future, or not
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-511">LOG4NET-511</a>] - API to flush
+                            appenders
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-526">LOG4NET-526</a>] - Add
+                            appSetting
+                            conversion pattern to PatternString
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <a name="a1.2.15"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.15">
+<h2><a name="a1.2.15"></a>1.2.15</h2>
+                <a name="a1.2.15-bug"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.15-bug">
+<h2><a name="Bug_Fixes"></a>Bug Fixes</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-462">LOG4NET-462</a>] -
+                            ReadOnlyPropertiesDictionary not thread safe
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-488">LOG4NET-488</a>] - Fix tests
+                            build
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-489">LOG4NET-489</a>] -
+                            AdoNetAppender
+                            fails after upgrade to 2.0.4
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-490">LOG4NET-490</a>] -
+                            InterProcessLock
+                            Tests fail
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-493">LOG4NET-493</a>] - Log4net
+                            1.2.14/ADO.NET appender throws exception when starting (1.2.13 with same config works fine)
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-494">LOG4NET-494</a>] -
+                            ArgumentOutOfRange with SQLite
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-495">LOG4NET-495</a>] - Error when
+                            BufferSize is &gt;1, parameter already defined
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <a name="a1.2.14"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.14">
+<h2><a name="a1.2.14"></a>1.2.14</h2>
+                <a name="a1.2.14-bug"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.14-bug">
+<h2><a name="Bug_Fixes"></a>Bug Fixes</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-408">LOG4NET-408</a>] - Correction
+                            on
+                            InterProcessLock
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-443">LOG4NET-443</a>] -
+                            Logger.CallAppenders
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-447">LOG4NET-447</a>] -
+                            MemoryAppender
+                            class is not thread safe
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-455">LOG4NET-455</a>] -
+                            LogicalThreadContext does not flow correctly through async/await
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-479">LOG4NET-479</a>] - Cannot
+                            compile
+                            log4net.vs2008
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-484">LOG4NET-484</a>] -
+                            System.ObjectDisposedException with FileAppender+InterProcessLock
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-485">LOG4NET-485</a>] -
+                            RollingFileAppender cannot be used by multiple process
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-486">LOG4NET-486</a>] - Rolling File
+                            Appender with 'maxSizeRollBackups' and 'datePattern' does not detect
+                            existing
+                            logs initially
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.14-enh"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.14-enh">
+<h2><a name="Improvements"></a>Improvements</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-456">LOG4NET-456</a>] - Include
+                            debug
+                            symbol files in release packages
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-457">LOG4NET-457</a>] - SMTP
+                            Appender
+                            should trim leading and trailing separators from address fields
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.14-new"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.14-new">
+<h2><a name="New_Features"></a>New Features</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-473">LOG4NET-473</a>] - Option for
+                            file
+                            extension in SmtpPickupDirAppender
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <a name="a1.2.13"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.13">
+<h2><a name="a1.2.13"></a>1.2.13</h2>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.13-bug"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.13-bug">
+<h2><a name="Bug_Fixes"></a>Bug Fixes</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-132">LOG4NET-132</a>] - Environment
+                            variables are mistakenly case sensitive on windows
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-376">LOG4NET-376</a>] - Race
+                            condition
+                            in AbsoluteTimeDateFormatter
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-393">LOG4NET-393</a>] - Using
+                            dynamic
+                            methods with log4net causes NullReferenceException in StackFrameItem
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-399">LOG4NET-399</a>] - Does not
+                            build
+                            for Compact Framework 2.0
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-404">LOG4NET-404</a>] - assemblies
+                            for
+                            .NET 3.5 are missing ILogExtensions
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-405">LOG4NET-405</a>] - SmtpAppender
+                            encoding changes
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+
+                </div>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.13-enh"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.13-enh">
+<h2><a name="Improvements"></a>Improvements</h2>
+
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-394">LOG4NET-394</a>] - Lambda-based
+                            ILog-Extensions should catch errors
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <a name="a1.2.12"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.12">
+<h2><a name="a1.2.12"></a>1.2.12</h2>
+
+                
+<p>
+                    The binary distributions no longer contain assemblies
+                    built for the Compact Framework 2.0 - you can build
+                    those yourself using the source distribution.
+                </p>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.12-bug"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.12-bug">
+<h2><a name="Bug_Fixes"></a>Bug Fixes</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-148">LOG4NET-148</a>] -
+                            ThreadContext
+                            uses LocalDataStore to store ThreadSpecific data instead should be using [ThreadStatic]
+                            variables.
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-178">LOG4NET-178</a>] - Log4Net
+                            stops
+                            logging after appdomain recycle of ASP.NET2.0 application
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-202">LOG4NET-202</a>] -
+                            AdoNetAppenderParameter.Size Property is not optional
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-218">LOG4NET-218</a>] - Test
+                            StringFormatTest.TestFormatString fails
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-220">LOG4NET-220</a>] - multiple
+                            users
+                            overwrite existing log file when RollingFileAppender is rolling over date and minimal
+                            locking is
+                            used
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-228">LOG4NET-228</a>] -
+                            log4net.Util.HostName may throw System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException in
+                            System.Net.Dns.GetHostName(). The exception should be ignored.
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-266">LOG4NET-266</a>] -
+                            AdoNetAppender
+                            does not work on a IIS 7 website using Windows authentication
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-277">LOG4NET-277</a>] - Registering
+                            a
+                            custom Object Renderer in configuration file
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-284">LOG4NET-284</a>] - In a
+                            multithreaded application, duplicate messages are output.
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-294">LOG4NET-294</a>] - Exception
+                            rendering object type [System.OutOfMemoryException]
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-317">LOG4NET-317</a>] -
+                            LogicalThreadContext sometimes doesn't follow CallContext's logical thread
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-322">LOG4NET-322</a>] - Conditional
+                            compilation symbols for .net4 Release
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-323">LOG4NET-323</a>] -
+                            AbsoluteTimeDateFormatter caches string representation of now too aggressively
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-331">LOG4NET-331</a>] -
+                            AdoNetAppender
+                            errors when writing Asp.net item when Request object is null
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-335">LOG4NET-335</a>] - Lost the
+                            ability
+                            to monitor changes to logger config files when you call ConfigureAndWatch multiple times
+                            with
+                            different Config File Names - worked fine on 1.2.10.0
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-341">LOG4NET-341</a>] -
+                            RemotingAppender
+                            Error
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-343">LOG4NET-343</a>] -
+                            ArgumentOutOfRangeException in log4net hierarchy on &quot;.&quot; logger name
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-347">LOG4NET-347</a>] - Log4net not
+                            working in an ASP.Net environment with medium trust
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-348">LOG4NET-348</a>] -
+                            System.IndexOutOfRangeException when StackFrameLevel is greater then StackFrames length
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-352">LOG4NET-352</a>] - CS0419
+                            during
+                            build with Mono &gt;2.6
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-360">LOG4NET-360</a>] -
+                            EventLogAppender
+                            can corrupt the event log on Windows Vista and higher if the string is longer than 31839
+                            bytes
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-361">LOG4NET-361</a>] -
+                            RollingLogFileAppender does not correctly initialize the backup index when style is date or
+                            composite
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-369">LOG4NET-369</a>] -
+                            preserveLogFileNameExtension is not considered when rolling over time after an application
+                            restart
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-370">LOG4NET-370</a>] -
+                            RemoteSyslogAppender doesn't properly handle newline in log message
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-371">LOG4NET-371</a>] - Log with
+                            formatting doesn't call custom renderers (IObjectRenderer)
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-375">LOG4NET-375</a>] - typo /
+                            misspelling in log message
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-378">LOG4NET-378</a>] - Rolling log
+                            file
+                            is overwritten when application is restarted
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-379">LOG4NET-379</a>] -
+                            NullReferenceException in FileAppender when file is not filled.
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-382">LOG4NET-382</a>] -
+                            TargetInvocationException occurs because MESSAGE_SIZE fields in EventLogAppender are
+                            initialized
+                            in wrong order
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.12-enh"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.12-enh">
+<h2><a name="Improvements"></a>Improvements</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-222">LOG4NET-222</a>] - [PATCH]
+                            Improve
+                            AnsiColorTerminalAppender to support marking colors as Light
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-223">LOG4NET-223</a>] - [PATCH]
+                            Improve
+                            AnsiColorTerminalAppender to support marking colors as Light
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-232">LOG4NET-232</a>] - Use
+                            ReaderWriterLockSlim instead of ReaderWriterLock.
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-259">LOG4NET-259</a>] - Log4Net does
+                            not
+                            create a new tab in Chainsaw
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-283">LOG4NET-283</a>] -
+                            OnlyOnceErrorHandler is not subclass-friendly
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-292">LOG4NET-292</a>] - Managed
+                            ColoredConsoleAppender for .NET2/Mono.
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-315">LOG4NET-315</a>] - SmtpAppender
+                            -
+                            Add support for ignoring certificate errors
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-316">LOG4NET-316</a>] - Provide a
+                            Layout
+                            Pattern that is re-evaluated on each use
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-318">LOG4NET-318</a>] - log4net
+                            doesn't
+                            pass verification
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-334">LOG4NET-334</a>] - Appender
+                            Faill
+                            over
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-354">LOG4NET-354</a>] - E-mail
+                            encoding
+                            configuration setting for SmtpAppender
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-362">LOG4NET-362</a>] - [PATCH]
+                            SystemInfo.AssemblyLocationInfo throws unhandled ArgumentException &quot;Absolute path
+                            required&quot;
+                            when exe is started via UNC path
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-386">LOG4NET-386</a>] - Can't
+                            access
+                            ThreadContext properties
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.12-new"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.12-new">
+<h2><a name="New_Features"></a>New Features</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-290">LOG4NET-290</a>] - Add
+                            Lambda-based
+                            ILog-Extensions (embedded log.IsEnabled)
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-342">LOG4NET-342</a>] - Add a way to
+                            prevent silent failure
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <a name="a1.2.11"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.11">
+<h2><a name="a1.2.11"></a>1.2.11</h2>
+                
+<p>
+                    log4net 1.2.11 is not only a bugfix release, it also
+                    adds support for Microsoft&#xae; .NET 4.0 as well as the client profiles
+                    of .NET 3.5 and .NET 4.0.
+                </p>
+
+                
+<p>
+                    Starting with this release log4net uses a new strong
+                    name key but we also provide a binary distribution using
+                    the &quot;old&quot; strong name key of log4net 1.2.10 and earlier.
+                    See <a href="faq.html#two-snks">the FAQ</a> for details.
+                </p>
+
+                
+<p>
+                    The binary distributions no longer contain assemblies
+                    built for the Compact Framework 1.0 or the Shared Source
+                    CLI - you can build those yourself using the source
+                    distribution.
+                </p>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.11-breaking"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.11-breaking">
+<h2><a name="Breaking_Changes"></a>Breaking Changes</h2>
+                    
+<p>
+                        The signature of
+                        <tt>ILoggerFactory.CreateLogger</tt>
+                        has changed.
+                    </p>
+                </div>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.11-bug"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.11-bug">
+<h2><a name="Bug_Fixes"></a>Bug Fixes</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-76">LOG4NET-76</a>] -
+                            TextWriterAdapter
+                            is not thread safe
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-79">LOG4NET-79</a>] -
+                            SecurityException
+                            thrown in LogicalThreadContextProperties GetProperties
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-81">LOG4NET-81</a>] -
+                            LoggerRepositorySkeleton's OnConfigurationChanged method always raises its event with
+                            EventArgs.Empty instead of passing through its EventArgs parameter.
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-93">LOG4NET-93</a>] - Typos for node
+                            name in tutorial, excess quote, invalid XML
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-94">LOG4NET-94</a>] - Incorrect
+                            config
+                            file for ..\examples\net\1.0\Tutorials\ConsoleApp
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-95">LOG4NET-95</a>] -
+                            Level.CompareTo()
+                            may result a wrong Value -&gt; sorting of Levels does not work
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-113">LOG4NET-113</a>] -
+                            SystemInfo.GetTypeFromString() raises NotSupportedException
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-123">LOG4NET-123</a>] -
+                            EnvironmentPatternConverter does not expand User or System level environment variables under
+                            Windows
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-126">LOG4NET-126</a>] - Links on the
+                            log4net Examples page do not work, including the overview link explaining why the other
+                            links do
+                            not work
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-128">LOG4NET-128</a>] - Either
+                            documentation is incorrect or a bug in SmtpAppender
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-129">LOG4NET-129</a>] -
+                            EventLogAppender
+                            EventID parsing does not handle Active Properties properly
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-135">LOG4NET-135</a>] - Bad example
+                            code
+                            in documentation
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-137">LOG4NET-137</a>] -
+                            log4net.Filter.LevelMatchFilter does not work anymore
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-143">LOG4NET-143</a>] - Invalid
+                            Repository Config Uri composition from &quot;log4net.Config&quot; application setting
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-146">LOG4NET-146</a>] -
+                            System.NullReferenceException on FindAndRender object
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-158">LOG4NET-158</a>] -
+                            XMLConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch() leaks resources if called multiple times
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-167">LOG4NET-167</a>] -
+                            ArrayOutOfBounds
+                            Exception in MemoryAppender.getEvents()
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-212">LOG4NET-212</a>] - Threading
+                            bug in
+                            the PatternConverter.cs
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-214">LOG4NET-214</a>] -
+                            EventLogAppender
+                            should also use config file to set EventId
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-215">LOG4NET-215</a>] - Exception on
+                            Convert for return %class{1} name
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-229">LOG4NET-229</a>] - Japanese
+                            characters get garbled with log4net.Layout.XmlLayoutSchemaLog4j
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-241">LOG4NET-241</a>] - Issue
+                            tracking
+                            page does not link to project
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-242">LOG4NET-242</a>] - Download
+                            page
+                            does not have link to KEYS file
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-243">LOG4NET-243</a>] - broken link
+                            on
+                            http://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/example-apps.html
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-244">LOG4NET-244</a>] -
+                            SmtpAppender.To
+                            Property has incorrect delimiter
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-257">LOG4NET-257</a>] - Visual
+                            Studio
+                            2010 .NET 4.0 Application does not copy log4net lib to bin directory
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-265">LOG4NET-265</a>] -
+                            RemoteFileAppender Tests fail on Windows 7
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-274">LOG4NET-274</a>] - log4net
+                            doesn't
+                            log when running a .Net 4.0 Windows application built in Release mode
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-297">LOG4NET-297</a>] -
+                            AppenderSkeleton.RequiresLayout docs and implementation don't match
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-300">LOG4NET-300</a>] - FilterTest
+                            doesn't
+                            compile for .Net 2.0
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-301">LOG4NET-301</a>] - Unit tests
+                            fail
+                            on a clean checkout on .NET 2.0 using NAnt
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-310">LOG4NET-310</a>] -
+                            EventLogAppender's
+                            ActivateOptions throws SecurityException on Vista/Win2k3 and later when not run as
+                            administrator
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-311">LOG4NET-311</a>] - MinimalLock
+                            and
+                            AppendToFile=false don't work together in trunk's FileAppender
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.11-enh"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.11-enh">
+<h2><a name="Improvements"></a>Improvements</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-31">LOG4NET-31</a>] - Allow user to
+                            pass
+                            in additional parameters to &lt;converter&gt; node via some kind of &lt;property&gt; tag
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-38">LOG4NET-38</a>] -
+                            EventLogAppender:
+                            Add support for setting the Category on Event Log messages.
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-66">LOG4NET-66</a>] -
+                            PreserveFileExtension with StaticFileName
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-77">LOG4NET-77</a>] - A small
+                            improvement of log4net.Layout.Pattern.ExceptionPatternConverter - added 'Option'
+                            propery
+                            support
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-88">LOG4NET-88</a>] - support .NET
+                            2.0
+                            connectionStrings configuration section
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-96">LOG4NET-96</a>] - Expose the
+                            Message, Exception, and ErrorCode properties of OnlyOnceErrorHandler.
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-97">LOG4NET-97</a>] - Make Hierarchy's
+                            ILoggerFactory aware of the repository's LevelMap
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-98">LOG4NET-98</a>] - Update header
+                            comment in files to be compliant with new Apache header requirements:
+                            http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html for 11/1/2006 deadline
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-100">LOG4NET-100</a>] -
+                            IPAddressConverter improvement for .NET 2 or .NET 3
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-106">LOG4NET-106</a>] -
+                            TraceAppender :
+                            Add switch to disable using logger name as trace category
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-112">LOG4NET-112</a>] - Add support
+                            to
+                            the UdpAppender for IP v6 remote addresses
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-131">LOG4NET-131</a>] - Add Cc and
+                            Bcc
+                            support to SmtpAppender
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-141">LOG4NET-141</a>] - Add
+                            CreateConnection method to AdoNetAppender to allow subclasses to have control of
+                            IDbConnection.
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-153">LOG4NET-153</a>] - Make it
+                            easier
+                            to configure multiple appenders in code using BasicConfigurator
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-157">LOG4NET-157</a>] - FAQ for
+                            getting
+                            the fully-qualified name of a class
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-164">LOG4NET-164</a>] - using a
+                            named
+                            mutex for file appenders
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-170">LOG4NET-170</a>] -
+                            Documentation
+                            improvement re: fixing and active properties
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-246">LOG4NET-246</a>] - Make it
+                            possible
+                            to choose whether or not to watch configuration files specified using the &quot;log4net.Config&quot;
+                            appsetting key
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+
+                </div>
+                <a name="a1.2.11-new"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.11-new">
+<h2><a name="New_Features"></a>New Features</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>The various static <tt>Configure</tt> methods of the <tt>Configurator</tt> classes
+                            now
+                            return collections of configuration messages rather than <tt>void</tt>.
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-59">LOG4NET-59</a>] - add the
+                            ability to
+                            roll files based on universal time (UTC).
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-64">LOG4NET-64</a>] - add the
+                            ability to
+                            preserve the log file name extension when rolling the log file.
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-87">LOG4NET-87</a>] - Support
+                            ASP.Net
+                            related PatternConverters to allow items from the HttpContext.Current.Session, Cache,
+                            Request,
+                            etc. to be captured.
+                            
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-92">LOG4NET-92</a>] - Build for
+                                Compact Framework 2.0
+                            </li>
+                            
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-107">LOG4NET-107</a>] - Added
+                                ExceptionEvaluator
+                            </li>
+                            
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-115">LOG4NET-115</a>] - Expand
+                                UserAppDataPath in filename
+                            </li>
+                            
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-116">LOG4NET-116</a>] - allow
+                                smtp
+                                to ssl authenticate and with certificates.
+                            </li>
+                            
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-154">LOG4NET-154</a>] - Add a
+                                StackTracePatternConverter to display method calls leading up to log message
+                            </li>
+                            
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-155">LOG4NET-155</a>] - Add
+                                TimeEvaluator
+                            </li>
+                            
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-168">LOG4NET-168</a>] - New
+                                property
+                                ReplyTo address for the SmtpAppender required
+                            </li>
+                            
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-176">LOG4NET-176</a>] -
+                                Buildable
+                                with VS 2008 and .NET FW 3.5
+                            </li>
+                            
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-233">LOG4NET-233</a>] - Support
+                                .NET
+                                4.0 including Client Profile
+                            </li>
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+
+            </div>
+
+            <a name="a1.2.10"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.10">
+<h2><a name="a1.2.10"></a>1.2.10</h2>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.10-bug"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.10-bug">
+<h2><a name="Bug_Fixes"></a>Bug Fixes</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-21">LOG4NET-21</a>] -
+                            RemotingAppender
+                            fails once NDC becomes empty
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-22">LOG4NET-22</a>] - XmlLayout
+                            allows
+                            output of invalid control characters
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-23">LOG4NET-23</a>] -
+                            example-apps.html
+                            links are off by one folder level
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-25">LOG4NET-25</a>] -
+                            RollingFileAppender
+                            can fail if RollOverIfDateBoundaryCrossing required
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-28">LOG4NET-28</a>] - AdoNetAppender
+                            does
+                            not support inserting NULL into columns
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-29">LOG4NET-29</a>] -
+                            LevelMatchFilter
+                            should return Neutral when no match is found
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-32">LOG4NET-32</a>] - AdoNetAppender
+                            losing first entry
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-35">LOG4NET-35</a>] - Exception
+                            rendering
+                            ThreadContextStack if null value pushed into stack
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-36">LOG4NET-36</a>] -
+                            System.Diagnostics.Trace may throw exception if AppDomain does not have config file
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-40">LOG4NET-40</a>] -
+                            RollingFileAppender
+                            does not limit files to MaxSizeRollBackups when CountDirection is 1
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-41">LOG4NET-41</a>] -
+                            RollingFileAppender
+                            roll over date fail
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-42">LOG4NET-42</a>] - Serialised
+                            LoggingEvent does not preserve the Fix flags
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-43">LOG4NET-43</a>] - Specifying an
+                            empty
+                            string as a property in the config file results in an error
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-44">LOG4NET-44</a>] - XmlLayout emits
+                            all
+                            properties under a node named global-properties, rather than just properties.
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-49">LOG4NET-49</a>] -
+                            CountingQuietTextWriter does not count strings written with WriteLine
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-50">LOG4NET-50</a>] -
+                            Process.StartTime
+                            hangs on some systems
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-60">LOG4NET-60</a>] - Bug in
+                            RollingFileAppender.cs causing failure to timely roll files on monthly interval
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-63">LOG4NET-63</a>] - 1.2.9.0
+                            Documentation typos
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-65">LOG4NET-65</a>] - Unhandled
+                            SecurityException exception for FileIOPermission while loading configuration file
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-67">LOG4NET-67</a>] - CVE-2006-0743
+                            Security vulnerability in LocalSyslogAppender
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-69">LOG4NET-69</a>] - Exception
+                            thrown
+                            when *Format methods are given a malformed format string
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-70">LOG4NET-70</a>] - CoreDll.dll
+                            referenced with different capitalisation
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-73">LOG4NET-73</a>] -
+                            ADONetAppender.ActivateOptions() leaks database connection when called multiple times
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.10-new"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.10-new">
+<h2><a name="New_Features"></a>New Features</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-11">LOG4NET-11</a>] - Add Flush
+                            command
+                            to API
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-24">LOG4NET-24</a>] - Programmatic
+                            flush
+                            of BufferingAppenderSkeleton buffer
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-37">LOG4NET-37</a>] - Allow the
+                            RepositorySelector type to be specified using the AppSettings config
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-46">LOG4NET-46</a>] - Support
+                            appenders
+                            that can output multiple events efficiently
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-51">LOG4NET-51</a>] - WmiAppender
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.10-enh"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.10-enh">
+<h2><a name="Improvements"></a>Improvements</h2>
+                    
+<ul>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-3">LOG4NET-3</a>] - Support per event
+                            patterns in FileAppender File name
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-13">LOG4NET-13</a>] - Allow
+                            SMTPAppender
+                            to have replaceable parameters in Subject
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-15">LOG4NET-15</a>] - Email high
+                            &quot;importance&quot; priority setting with SmtpAppender
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-17">LOG4NET-17</a>] - Line-wrapping
+                            Appender Layouts
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-33">LOG4NET-33</a>] - Ability to use
+                            global property to point to log4net configuration file
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-34">LOG4NET-34</a>] - Allow xml
+                            config
+                            values to be set via XmlNodeType.CDATA or XmlNodeType.Text rather than just value=&quot;foo&quot;
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-45">LOG4NET-45</a>] - PluginAttribute
+                            does not allow plugin type to be specified as a Type, only as a string
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-52">LOG4NET-52</a>] - Allow XML
+                            configurator to set properties of type Object
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-53">LOG4NET-53</a>] - Allow
+                            repository
+                            properties to be set in the config file
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-56">LOG4NET-56</a>] - Support
+                            rendering
+                            IEnumerator objects as well as ICollections
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-58">LOG4NET-58</a>] - Support clean
+                            build
+                            on .NET 2.0
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-72">LOG4NET-72</a>] - Performance of
+                            ILog.xxxFormat methods
+                        </li>
+                        
+<li>[<a class="externalLink" href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-74">LOG4NET-74</a>] - Change
+                            MemoryAppender member variables to protected
+                        </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+
+            </div>
+
+            <a name="a1.2.9"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.9">
+<h2><a name="a1.2.9_Beta"></a>1.2.9 Beta</h2>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.9-breaking"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.9-breaking">
+<h2><a name="Breaking_Changes"></a>Breaking Changes</h2>
+                    
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="Renamed_namespaces"></a>Renamed namespaces</h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        Renamed namespace <span class="code">log4net.spi</span> to <span class="code">
+                        log4net.Core</span>.
+                        Renamed namespace <span class="code">log4net.helpers</span> to <span class="code">
+                        log4net.Util</span>.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="Renamed_config_classes_and_attributes"></a>Renamed config classes and attributes</h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        In the <span class="code">log4net.Config</span> namespace the <span class="code">
+                        DOMConfigurator</span>,
+                        <span class="code">DOMConfiguratorAttribute</span>, <span class="code">DomainAttribute</span>,
+                        and <span class="code">AliasDomainAttribute</span> have been marked as obsolete. These types are
+                        still available and functional in this release.
+                    </p>
+                    
+<p>
+                        The <span class="code">XmlConfigurator</span> and
+                        <span class="code">XmlConfiguratorAttribute</span>
+                        types replace <span class="code">DOMConfigurator</span> and
+                        <span class="code">DOMConfiguratorAttribute</span>. The
+                        <span class="code">RepositoryAttribute</span>
+                        and <span class="code">AliasRepositoryAttribute</span> types replace
+                        <span class="code">DomainAttribute</span>
+                        and <span class="code">AliasDomainAttribute</span>.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="Fixed_pascal_casing_of_type_names"></a>Fixed pascal casing of type names</h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        Renamed <span class="code">AdoNetAppender</span>, <span class="code">AspNetTraceAppender</span>,
+                        <span class="code">SmtpAppender</span>, <span class="code">Iso8601DateFormatter</span>,
+                        <span class="code">MdcFilter</span>, and <span class="code">NdcFilter</span>.
+                        Note that the config file type resolver is case insensitive so this is only a breaking change
+                        for code that programmatically creates a type that has been renamed.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="Layouts_changed_to_stream_their_output_to_a________________________TextWriter"></a>Layouts changed to stream their output to a
+                        <span class="code">TextWriter</span>
+                    </h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        Layouts have been changed to format their output to a
+                        <span class="code">TextWriter</span>
+                        rather than return a string. This increases performance and reduces temporary object creation.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="C_style_string_escapes_no_longer_supported_by_config_parser"></a>C style string escapes no longer supported by config parser</h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        The XML config parser no longer supports decoding C style escape sequences in strings.
+                        Previously sequences like <span class="code">\n</span> and
+                        <span class="code">\\</span>
+                        where decoded. Instead use the appropriate XML encodings as required.
+                    </p>
+                </div></div>
+
+                <a name="a1.2.9-new"></a>
+<div class="section" id="1.2.9-new">
+<h2><a name="New_Features"></a>New Features</h2>
+                    
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="New_CLI_build"></a>New CLI build</h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        A new log4net assembly is built that targets all CLI 1.0 compatible runtimes.
+                        This build is essentially a common subset of the Mono 1.0 and .NET 1.0 builds.
+                        It is built using the MS .NET 1.0 compiler and libraries but does not use any
+                        platform specific APIs.
+                    </p>
+                    
+<p>
+                        This build is only available in release configuration and can be found at
+                        <span class="code">bin\cli\1.0\release</span>.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="Logging_contexts"></a>Logging contexts</h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        Logging contexts can be used to record contextual data that is relevant to the current
+                        process. Logging contexts are both an extension of the concepts embodied in the
+                        <span class="code">MDC</span>
+                        and <span class="code">NDC</span> and a replacement for
+                        them. The <span class="code">MDC</span> and <span class="code">NDC</span> have been
+                        reimplemented to use the <span class="code">ThreadContext</span> as storage.
+                    </p>
+                    
+<p>
+                        The logging contexts provide a single unified view that cuts across different
+                        scopes within an application.
+                        The contexts are layered in the following order of narrowing scope:
+                        <span class="code">GlobalContext</span>, <span class="code">ThreadContext</span>,
+                        <span class="code">LogicalThreadContext</span>, and <span class="code">LoggingEvent</span>.
+                        Context values specified in a narrower scope hide the matching value in a wider scope.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="PatternLayout________________________customization_and_long_pattern_names"></a>
+                        <span class="code">PatternLayout</span>
+                        customization and long pattern names
+                    </h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        The <span class="code">PatternLayout</span> now supports long pattern names.
+                        These pattern names are significantly more readable than the single character patterns.
+                    </p>
+                    
+<p>
+                        The <span class="code">PatternLayout</span> now supports custom patterns. New patterns
+                        can be defined in the config file:
+                    </p>
+                    
+<div class="syntax">
+                        
+<div>
+<pre class="code">
+                            &lt;layout type=&quot;log4net.Layout.PatternLayout&quot;&gt;
+
+                            &lt;converter&gt;
+                            &lt;name value=&quot;myConverter&quot; /&gt;
+                            &lt;type value=&quot;TestApp.MyPatternConverter, TestApp&quot; /&gt;
+                            &lt;/converter&gt;
+
+                            &lt;conversionPattern value=&quot;%-5level %logger - %myConverter - %message%newline&quot; /&gt;
+                            &lt;/layout&gt;
+                        </pre></div>
+                    </div>
+                    
+<p>
+                        The above config defines a custom pattern called
+                        <span class="code">myConverter</span>
+                        which is bound to the
+                        <span class="code">TestApp.MyPatternConverter, TestApp</span>
+                        type. This type must extend the
+                        <span class="code">log4net.Util.PatternConverter</span>
+                        base class. The custom pattern can then be used in the pattern string.
+                    </p>
+                    
+<p>
+                        For full details see the SDK Reference entry: <a href="sdk/html/T_log4net_Layout_PatternLayout.htm">
+                        log4net.Layout.PatternLayout</a>.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="PatternString________________________for_pattern_based_configuration"></a>
+                        <span class="code">PatternString</span>
+                        for pattern based configuration
+                    </h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        A new pattern based type, <span class="code">PatternString</span>, can be used in
+                        the config file to set string properties using a pattern syntax. For example the
+                        File property of the FileAppender could be set as follows:
+                    </p>
+                    
+<div class="syntax">
+                        
+<div>
+<pre class="code">
+                            &lt;file type=&quot;log4net.Util.PatternString&quot;&gt;
+
+                            &lt;converter&gt;
+                            &lt;name value=&quot;folder&quot; /&gt;
+                            &lt;type value=&quot;TestApp.SpecialFolderPatternConverter,TestApp&quot; /&gt;
+                            &lt;/converter&gt;
+
+                            &lt;conversionPattern value=&quot;%folder{LocalApplicationData}\log-file.txt&quot; /&gt;
+                            &lt;/file&gt;
+                        </pre></div>
+                    </div>
+                    
+<p>
+                        The code for the
+                        <span class="code">SpecialFolderPatternConverter</span>
+                        is as follows:
+                    </p>
+                    
+<div class="syntax">
+                        
+<div>
+<pre class="code">
+                            public class SpecialFolderPatternConverter : log4net.Util.PatternConverter
+                            {
+                            override protected void Convert(System.IO.TextWriter writer, object state)
+                            {
+                            Environment.SpecialFolder specialFolder =
+                            (Environment.SpecialFolder)Enum.Parse(typeof(Environment.SpecialFolder), base.Option, true);
+
+                            writer.Write(Environment.GetFolderPath(specialFolder));
+                            }
+                            }
+                        </pre></div>
+                    </div>
+                    
+<p>
+                        For full details see the SDK Reference entry: <a href="sdk/html/T_log4net_Util_PatternString_htm">
+                        log4net.Util.PatternString</a>.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="Loading_configuration_from_a_URI"></a>Loading configuration from a URI</h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        The <span class="code">XmlConfigurator</span> methods now support loading the
+                        configuration data from a URI. Config can be loaded from any URI supported by the
+                        <span class="code">System.Net.WebRequest</span>
+                        class.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="Support_for_No-Touch_deployment"></a>Support for No-Touch deployment</h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        Log4net supports configuring No-Touch deployment applications using the
+                        <span class="code">XmlConfiguratorAttribute</span>. If a relative config file
+                        or extension is specified then this is resolved relative to the deployment
+                        URI.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="Config_file_parser_enhancements"></a>Config file parser enhancements</h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        The config file parser has been enhanced to support specifying the property subtype, or
+                        intermediate
+                        type,
+                        directly on the property element, for example:
+                    </p>
+                    
+<div class="syntax">
+                        
+<div>
+<pre class="code">
+                            &lt;layout type=&quot;log4net.Layout.PatternLayout&quot; value=&quot;%message%newline&quot;
+                            /&gt;
+                        </pre></div>
+                    </div>
+                    
+<p>
+                        Implicit conversion will be attempted between the value string and the type specified,
+                        and then again between the type and the target property type.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="a.NET_string_formatting_syntax"></a>.NET string formatting syntax</h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        Added .NET <span class="code">String.Format</span> style formatting syntax methods to
+                        the <span class="code">ILog</span> interface. The new methods are:
+                        <span class="code">DebugFormat</span>, <span class="code">InfoFormat</span>,
+                        <span class="code">WarnFormat</span>,
+                        <span class="code">ErrorFormat</span>
+                        and <span class="code">FatalFormat</span>.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="Customizable_levels"></a>Customizable levels</h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        Levels are defined by the repository <span class="code">LevelMap</span>. The defined
+                        levels, the relative ordering of levels and level display names can be configured on
+                        a per-repository basis.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="Per-appender_security_contexts"></a>Per-appender security contexts</h3>
+                    
+<p>
+                        Appenders that interact with controlled platform resources, e.g. files, can be
+                        configured to use a separate security context when accessing these resources.
+                        The calling thread may not have appropriate privileges to access the resource a
+                        custom <span class="code">SecurityContext</span> can be used to elevate the
+                        privileges of the appender. The
+                        <span class="code">WindowsSecurityContext</span>
+                        is used to specify alternative credentials on the Windows platform.
+                    </p>
+                    </div>
+<div class="section">
+<h3><a name="Added_new_appenders"></a>Added new appenders</h3>
+                    
+<dl>
+                        
+<dt>
+                            <span class="code">AnsiColorTerminalAppender</span>
+                        </dt>
+                        
+<dd>
+                            
+<p>
+                                The <span class="code">AnsiColorTerminalAppender</span> writes events to
+                                the application's ANSI terminal window. It can be configured to specify
+                                the text and background colors for different level events. Note that Console
+                                applications running on Windows do not have an ANSI terminal window and
+                                should use the <span class="code">ColoredConsoleAppender</span> instead.
+                            </p>
+                        </dd>
+                        
+<dt>
+                            <span class="code">LocalSyslogAppender</span>
+                        </dt>
+                        
+<dd>
+                            
+<p>
+                                Logs events to a local syslog service. This appender uses the POSIX libc syslog

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