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	<properties>
		<author email="ceki at qos ddoott ch ">Ceki Gulcu</author>
		<author email="sebastien at qos ddoott ch ">Sebastien Pennec</author>
		<title>News</title>
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		<h2>Logback News</h2>

		<p>Here are the latest news about logback.</p>

		<h3>December 18th, 2006 - Release of version 0.7</h3>
		
		<p>
		   Version 0.7 of logback has been released.
		</p>
		
		<p>
			Logback now ships with a new module: <em>log4j-bridge</em>. 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 
			<a href="bridge.html">documentation page</a>.
		</p>
		
		<p>
			The documentation has been vastly updated. Two new chapters,
			namely Filters and MDC, are available in the manual section.
		</p>

		<h3>November 30th, 2006 - Release of version 0.6</h3>

    <p>
      Version 0.6 of logback has been released.
		</p>

		<p>
			Logback classic now supports automatic configuration, allowing test and production
			environment configuration. <code>TurboFilters</code> 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. <code>SMTPAppender</code> 
			allows for much more flexible configuration than before.
		</p>
		
		<p>
			In logback access, new Appenders are available, namely <code>SocketAppender</code> 
			and <code>DBAppender</code>. 
			Logback access now supports filtering and event evaluations. A <code>CountingFilter</code>
			has been added. It provides statistical views of server access, reachable
			via JMX.
		</p>
		
		<p>
			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.
		</p>
		
		<p>
			Logback now uses continous integration in its development.
		</p>
		
		<p>
			Tests have been improved, many new have been added. 
			This release also provides some bug fixes.
		</p>

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		<h3>October 26th, 2006 - Release of version 0.5</h3>

    <p>
      Version 0.5 of logback has been released.
		</p>
		
    <p>
			This release offers a important improvements in Joran. In
			particular, Joran can now replay configuration elements.
		</p>

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

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		<h3>October 9th, 2006 - Release of version 0.4</h3>
		<p>
      Version 0.3 of logback has been released.
		</p>
		
    <p>
			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.
		</p>

    <p>	
      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.
		</p>

    <p>	
			A joran documentation was added, with examples in the core
			module.
		</p>
	
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		<h3>September 8th, 2006 - Release of version 0.3</h3>
		<p>
      Version 0.3 of logback has been released.
		</p>

		<p>
			This release offers several new Appenders, support for Mapped
			Diagnostic Context, improved tests and documentation<br />
		</p>

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

    <p>	
			We also released a <a
			href="http://logback.qos.ch/translator/">PropertiesTranslator</a>
			webapp that converts <em>log4j.properties</em> files to joran
			configuration files (in XML format).<br />
		</p>
	
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		<h3>August 23th, 2006 - Release of version 0.2.5</h3>

    <p>
      Version 0.2.5 of logback has been released.
		</p>

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

		<hr width="80%" align="center" />
		
		
		<h3>August 15th, 2006 - Release of version 0.2</h3>
		<p>
      Version 0.2 of logback has been released.
		</p>

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

		<hr width="80%" align="center" />
	
		<h3>July 26th, 2006 - Release of version 0.1</h3>

    <p>
			Version 0.1 of logback has been released.
		</p>

		<hr width="80%" align="center" />

		<h3>February 9th, 2006 - Logback web-site goes live</h3>
		<p>
			The logback web-site goes live on the 9th of February. At
			its present state, it is pretty primitive but updates will
			follow.
		</p>


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