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#set($relVersion=$announceParameters.releaseVersion)
#set($relCount=$announceParameters.releaseCount)
              Apache Log4j ${relVersion} RELEASE NOTES

The ${developmentTeam} is pleased to announce the Log4j ${relVersion} release!

Apache log4j is a well known framework for logging application behavior. Log4j 2 is an upgrade to
Log4j that provides significant improvements over its predecessor, Log4j 1.x, and provides
many other modern features such as support for Markers, property substitution using Lookups, multiple patterns on
a PatternLayout and asynchronous Loggers. In addition, Log4j 2 will not lose events while reconfiguring.

This is the ${relCount} GA release. It contains several bugfixes and new features. The new features include
the ability to be "garbage-free" (avoid allocating temporary objects) while logging if certain conditions are met,
a new YAML Layout, the ability to merge configuration files, and documenting Log4j's performance against other logging
frameworks and in various logging configurations. More details on the features and bugfixes are itemized below.

## Hack to improve layout: replace all pairs of spaces with a single new-line
$release.description.replaceAll("  ", "
")

#if ($release.getActions().size() == 0)
No changes defined in this version.
#else
Changes in this version include:

#if ($release.getActions('add').size() !=0)
New features:
#foreach($actionItem in $release.getActions('add'))
## Use replaceAll to fix up LF-only line ends on Windows.
#set($action=$actionItem.getAction().replaceAll("\n","
"))
#if ($actionItem.getIssue())
#set($issue=$actionItem.getIssue())
#else
#set($issue="")
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#else
#set($dueto="")
#end
o#if($!issue != "") $issue: #end ${action} #if($!dueto != "")Thanks to $dueto. #end

#set($issue="")
#set($dueto="")
#end
#end

#if ($release.getActions('fix').size() !=0)
Fixed Bugs:
#foreach($actionItem in $release.getActions('fix'))
## Use replaceAll to fix up LF-only line ends on Windows.
#set($action=$actionItem.getAction().replaceAll("\n","
"))
#if ($actionItem.getIssue())
#set($issue=$actionItem.getIssue())
#else
#set($issue="")
#end
#if ($actionItem.getDueTo())
#set($dueto=$actionItem.getDueTo())
#else
#set($dueto="")
#end
o#if($!issue != "") $issue: #end ${action} #if($!dueto != "")Thanks to $dueto. #end

#set($issue="")
#set($dueto="")
#end
#end

#if ($release.getActions('update').size() !=0)
Changes:
#foreach($actionItem in $release.getActions('update'))
## Use replaceAll to fix up LF-only line ends on Windows.
#set($action=$actionItem.getAction().replaceAll("\n","
"))
#if ($actionItem.getIssue())
#set($issue=$actionItem.getIssue())
#else
#set($issue="")
#end
#if ($actionItem.getDueTo())
#set($dueto=$actionItem.getDueTo())
#else
#set($dueto="")
#end
o#if($!issue != "") $issue: #end ${action} #if($!dueto != "")Thanks to $dueto. #end

#set($issue="")
#set($dueto="")
#end
#end

#if ($release.getActions('remove').size() !=0)
Removed:
#foreach($actionItem in $release.getActions('remove'))
## Use replaceAll to fix up LF-only line ends on Windows.
#set($action=$actionItem.getAction().replaceAll("\n","
"))
#if ($actionItem.getIssue())
#set($issue=$actionItem.getIssue())
#else
#set($issue="")
#end
#if ($actionItem.getDueTo())
#set($dueto=$actionItem.getDueTo())
#else
#set($dueto="")
#end
o#if($!issue != "") $issue. #end ${action} #if($!dueto != "")Thanks to $dueto. #end

#set($issue="")
#set($dueto="")
#end
#end
## End of main loop
#end

Apache Log4j ${relVersion} requires a minimum of Java 7 to build and run. Log4j 2.3 was the last release that
supported Java 6.

Basic compatibility with Log4j 1.x is provided through the log4j-1.2-api component, however it does not implement some of the
very implementation specific classes and methods. The package names and Maven groupId have been changed to
org.apache.logging.log4j to avoid any conflicts with log4j 1.x.

For complete information on ${project.name}, including instructions on how to submit bug reports,
patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache ${project.name} website:

${project.url}