I don't have any particular feelings towards slf4j. A few community members have asked for slf4j support in the past, typically in deeply embedded systems where log4j's weird buffering model causes problems with auditing / traceability. I don't think this would be a change for the sake of it. It does address a few issues.<br>
<br>As for release timelines, it could be done for the June point release (probably 3.7.0). We only have a few days left to prepare for 3.6.0 so the timing isn't exactly right.<br><br>As for support, the BA server at Pentaho already bundles slf4j so we wouldn't introduce any new dependencies in the ecosystem. I believe that it would be safe enough.<br>
<br>Luc<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Julian Hyde <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jhyde@pentaho.com" target="_blank">jhyde@pentaho.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">A pull request has been submitted to convert Mondrian to use SLF4J (from log4j).<div><br></div><div>Is this a good idea, or is it change for change's sake? I would like to hear the opinions of the community.</div>
<div><br></div><div>When would be the right timescale? Mondrian-3.6? Mondrian-4?</div><div><br></div><div>Julian<br><div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none"> </span><a href="https://github.com/pentaho/mondrian/pull/61" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">https://github.com/pentaho/mondrian/pull/61</a></blockquote>
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