Ceki Gulcu
Sebastien Pennec

# News

## Logback News

Here are the latest news about logback.

### December 19th, 2006 - Release of version 0.7.1

Version 0.7.1 of logback has been released.

This version contains more detailled information about logback access module, and its JMX components. A dedicated page explains how to configure and use logback access in Tomcat and Jetty, and access some of its components via JMX.

### December 18th, 2006 - Release of version 0.7

Version 0.7 of logback has been released.

Logback now ships with a new module: log4j-bridge. This new module can be used to intercept log4j calls and redirects them to logback components. More information about this module can be found in the corresponding documentation page.

The documentation has been vastly updated. Two new chapters, namely Filters and MDC, are available in the manual section.

### November 30th, 2006 - Release of version 0.6

Version 0.6 of logback has been released.

Logback classic now supports automatic configuration, allowing test and production environment configuration. `TurboFilters` make their first appearance in a logback release. They provide ultra-fast filtering possibilities. The logging context now supports listeners which will be contacted each time the context is reset or started. `SMTPAppender` allows for much more flexible configuration than before.

In logback access, new Appenders are available, namely `SocketAppender` and `DBAppender`. Logback access now supports filtering and event evaluations. A `CountingFilter` has been added. It provides statistical views of server access, reachable via JMX.

The documentation has also been improved. A complete new chapter has been added about Appenders, the short introduction to logback classic has been updated and a new module, containing many configuration examples has been added.

Logback now uses continous integration in its development.

Tests have been improved, many new have been added. This release also provides some bug fixes.

### October 26th, 2006 - Release of version 0.5

Version 0.5 of logback has been released.

This release offers a important improvements in Joran. In particular, Joran can now replay configuration elements.

As in the previous release, a major area of work is the documentation which is being continously improved.

### October 9th, 2006 - Release of version 0.4

Version 0.3 of logback has been released.

This release includes an improved access module, with specific implementations for the Jetty and Tomcat servers. Documentation was also added to show how to integrate logback-access with Jetty.

As for the classic module, several appenders and layouts have been added or improved. The error reporting of logback has also been enhanced, presenting the user with a link to an online page explaining possible reasons for the error.

A joran documentation was added, with examples in the core module.

### September 8th, 2006 - Release of version 0.3

Version 0.3 of logback has been released.

This release offers several new Appenders, support for Mapped Diagnostic Context, improved tests and documentation

In response to a bug report by Rickard Nilsson on the logback mailing list, a bug affecting parametrized logging was fixed.

We also released a PropertiesTranslator webapp that converts log4j.properties files to joran configuration files (in XML format).

### August 23th, 2006 - Release of version 0.2.5

Version 0.2.5 of logback has been released.

This release offers better documentation. With a number of correction mande in the short introduction to logback-classic.

### August 15th, 2006 - Release of version 0.2

Version 0.2 of logback has been released.

It offers better tests, a few more functionalities, and enhanced documentation. We also improved the site design to make it simpler and more efficient.

### July 26th, 2006 - Release of version 0.1

Version 0.1 of logback has been released.

### February 9th, 2006 - Logback web-site goes live

The logback web-site goes live on the 9th of February. At its present state, it is pretty primitive but updates will follow.