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+# Apache Log4j Boot
+
+Log4j Boot is a collection of bootstrapping modules to get up and running with
+various Log4j components. These modules pull in all the necessary dependencies
+to use the various optional features in Log4j.
+
+Log4j Boot is just getting started. See [Log4j Boot epic on JIRA][boot-jira].
+
+## Planned Modules
+
+All modules in this list are assumed to be prefixed with `log4j-boot-`. For the
+dependency lists, the format is `groupId:artifactId` or just `artifactId` for
+dependencies in `org.apache.logging.log4j`. All modules listed after logback are
+implicitly dependent on log4j-boot-core. All modules depend on log4j-api.
+
+* core
+  - log4j-api
+  - log4j-core
+* async
+  - log4j-boot-core
+  - com.lmax:disruptor
+* log4j-spi
+  - log4j-boot-core
+  - log4j-slf4j-impl
+  - org.slf4j:slf4j-api
+  - log4j-jcl
+  - log4j-jul
+  - log4j-1.2-api
+* slf4j-spi
+  - log4j-boot-core
+  - log4j-slf4j-impl
+  - org.slf4j:slf4j-api
+  - org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j
+  - org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j
+* logback
+  - log4j-to-slf4j
+  - org.slf4j:slf4j-api
+  - ch.qos.logback:logback-core
+  - (other logback jars?)
+* advertiser-jmdns
+  - javax.jmdns:jmdns
+* appender-async-conversant
+  - com.conversantmedia:disruptor
+* appender-async-jctools
+  - org.jctools:jctools-core
+* appender-cassandra
+  - com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core
+* appender-commons-compress
+  - org.apache.commons:commons-compress
+* appender-couchdb
+  - org.lightcouch:lightcouch
+* appender-jms
+  - jms-api?
+  - (is this needed? works via a provided scope API normally); alternative: appender-activemq, etc.
+* appender-jpa
+  - org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence
+  - (also hibernate/etc. versions?)
+* appender-kafka
+  - org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients
+* appender-mongodb
+  - org.mongodb:mongo-java-driver
+* appender-smtp
+  - com.sun.mail:javax.mail
+* appender-zeromq
+  - org.zeromq:jeromq
+* config-json
+  - com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind
+* config-yaml
+  - com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml
+* layout-csv
+  - org.apache.commons:commons-csv
+* layout-jansi
+  - org.fusesource.jansi:jansi
+* layout-json
+  - com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind
+* layout-xml
+  - com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml
+* layout-yaml
+  - com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml
+* script-groovy
+  - org.codehaus.groovy:(?)
+
+[boot-jira]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1775