[LOG4J2-797] log4j-core should be listed as runtime dependency

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.1
• Component/s: Documentation

Environment

http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/maven-artifacts.html

• Assignee: Remko Popma
• Reporter: whaefelinger
• Created: 25/Aug/14 10:31
• Updated: 24/Sep/14 13:27
• Resolved: 24/Sep/14 13:17

Description

The documentation (website: http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/maven-artifacts.html) lists "log4j-core" as compile dependency (Gradle).

While this at not wrong, it does not hit the idea of api/core separation. Thus I suggest to list "log4j-core" as runtime dependency, i.e.

dependencies {
  compile group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-api', version: '2.0.2'
  runtime group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.0.2'
}