Add missing license headers. Prepare for release

Author: rgoers

RELEASE-NOTES.md

@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache license, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the license for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the license.
+ */
 package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;

log4j-core/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/RollingFileAppenderInterruptedThreadTest.java

@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache license, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the license for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the license.
+ */
 package org.apache.logging.log4j.perf.jmh;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.AbstractLogEvent;

log4j-perf/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/perf/jmh/NamePatternConverterBenchmark.java

@@ -1352,6 +1352,7 @@
             <exclude>**/README.md</exclude>
             <exclude>RELEASE-NOTES.md</exclude>
             <exclude>SECURITY.md</exclude>
+            <exclude>.java-version</exclude>
             <exclude>**/*.yml</exclude>
             <exclude>**/*.yaml</exclude>
             <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
@@ -1494,6 +1495,7 @@
             <exclude>**/fluent-bit.conf</exclude>
             <exclude>**/rabbitmq.config</exclude>
             <exclude>**/MANIFEST.MF</exclude>
+            <exclude>.java-version</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
@@ -1668,6 +1670,7 @@
                 <exclude>**/fluent-bit.conf</exclude>
                 <exclude>**/rabbitmq.config</exclude>
                 <exclude>**/MANIFEST.MF</exclude>
+                <exclude>.java-version</exclude>
               </excludes>
             </configuration>
             <executions>

pom.xml

@@ -69,7 +69,25 @@ This release contains a number of bug fixes and minor enhancements which are lis
 
 Due to a break in compatibility in the SLF4J binding, Log4j now ships with two versions of the SLF4J to Log4j adapters.
 log4j-slf4j-impl should be used with SLF4J 1.7.x and earlier and log4j-slf4j18-impl should be used with SLF4J 1.8.x and
-later. SLF4J-2.0.0 alpha releases are not fully supported. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2975.
+later. SLF4J-2.0.0 alpha releases are not fully supported. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2975 and
+https://jira.qos.ch/browse/SLF4J-511.
+
+Some of the new features in Log4j 2.15.0 include:
+
+* Support for Arbiters, which are conditionals that can enable sections of the logging configuration
+for inclusion or exclusion. In particular, SpringProfile, SystemProperty, Script, and Class Arbiters have been
+provided that use the Spring profile, System property, the result of a script, or the presence of a class respectively
+to determine whether a section of configuration should be included.
+* Support for Jakarta EE 9. This is functionally equivalent to Log4j's log4j-web module but uses the Jakarta project.
+* Various performance improvements.
+
+Key changes to note:
+
+* Prior to this release Log4j would automatically resolve Lookups contained in the message or its parameters in the
+Pattern Layout. Thisbehavior is no longer the default and must be enabled by specifying %msg{lookup}.
+* The JNDI Lookup has been restricted to only support the java, ldap, and ldaps protocols by default. LDAP also no
+longer supports classes that implement the Referenceable interface and restricts the Serializable classes to the
+Java primative classes by default and requires an allow list to be specified to access remote LDAP servers.
 
 The Log4j ${relVersion} API, as well as many core components, maintains binary compatibility with previous releases.
 
@@ -114,7 +132,7 @@ $h3 Removed
 ---
 
 Apache Log4j ${relVersion} requires a minimum of Java 8 to build and run. Log4j 2.12.1 is the last release to support
-Java 7.
+Java 7. Java 7 is not longer supported by the Log4j team.
 
 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:

src/changes/announcement.vm

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
          - "update" - Change
          - "remove" - Removed
     -->
-    <release version="2.15.0" date="2021-MM-DD" description="GA Release 2.15.0">
+    <release version="2.15.0" date="2021-12-06" description="GA Release 2.15.0">
       <!-- ADDS -->
       <action issue="LOG4J2-3198" dev="ckozak" type="add">
         Pattern layout no longer enables lookups within message text by default for cleaner API boundaries and reduced
@@ -240,14 +240,16 @@
         Wrong subject on mail when it depends on the LogEvent
       </action>
       <!-- UPDATES -->
-      <action dev="rgoers" type="update">
+      <action dev="rgoers" issue="" type="update">
         Update Spring framework to 5.3.13, Spring Boot to 2.5.7, and Spring Cloud to 2020.0.4.
       </action>
       <action issue="LOG4J2-2025" dev="rgoers" type="update">
         Provide support for overriding the Tomcat Log class in Tomcat 8.5+.
       </action>
-      <action dev="ggregory" type="update">
-       - com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations ................. 2.12.2 -> 2.12.4
+      <action dev="ggregory" issue="" type="update">
+        Updated dependencies.
+
+        - com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations ................. 2.12.2 -> 2.12.4
         - com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core ........................ 2.12.2 -> 2.12.4
         - com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind .................... 2.12.2 -> 2.12.4
         - com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml ........ 2.12.2 -> 2.12.4