context via a shutdown hook. Enabled via the shutdownHook configuration
element (backed by the Joran ShutdownHookAction). 

Basic implementation provided, DelayingShutdownHook, stops the Logback
context after a specified delay (default is 0 for immediate shutdown).

Updated news page under revision 1.1.3 and added details to the
configuration manual page.

Use ServiceLoader pattern to control logback bootstrap process

Configurable worker thread join timeout in AsyncAppenderBase

timeout instead of the default 1000ms. Added unit test to verify correct
function and updated appenders documentation describing new
configuration parameter and suggested uses. Added to news page under
release 1.1.3. 

Documentation, Unit Testing included.

Added a file to describe general guidelines for submitting pull requests.

Use an abstract method to create the SyslogOutputStream that subclasses can override

LOGBACK-268 - Fair locking in OutputStreamAppender

Fix LOGBACK-268 by using a fair ReentrantLock (instead of object
synchronization).

LOGBACK-960 Prevent a possible NPE in SyslogAppenderBase.close()

LOGBACK-960 Prevent a possible NPE in SyslogAppenderBase.close() when the SyslogOutputStream is null (due to a host lookup failure for example)

Link to the building doc fixed.

Added note for LOGBACK-959

Added note for LOGBACK-936, fixed by Eric Dahl in pull request #173

LOGBACK-936 Update SyslogAppender to format days according to the spec

This also updates the SyslogAppender to cache formatted time strings for the each second rather than each millisecond.

Use StringBuilder instead of StringBuffer in private code