From c3e8696f51ba4cae5dda27059d181a7598b041cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ralph Goers <rgoers@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 21:40:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [maven-release-plugin] prepare release log4j-2.20.1-rc1

---
 log4j-1.2-api/pom.xml                                     | 2 +-
 log4j-api-java9/pom.xml                                   | 2 +-
 log4j-api-test/pom.xml                                    | 2 +-
 log4j-api/pom.xml                                         | 2 +-
 log4j-appserver/pom.xml                                   | 2 +-
 log4j-bom/pom.xml                                         | 8 ++++++--
 log4j-cassandra/pom.xml                                   | 2 +-
 log4j-core-its/pom.xml                                    | 2 +-
 log4j-core-java9/pom.xml                                  | 2 +-
 log4j-core-test/pom.xml                                   | 2 +-
 log4j-core/pom.xml                                        | 2 +-
 log4j-couchdb/pom.xml                                     | 2 +-
 log4j-distribution/pom.xml                                | 2 +-
 log4j-docker/pom.xml                                      | 2 +-
 log4j-flume-ng/pom.xml                                    | 2 +-
 log4j-iostreams/pom.xml                                   | 2 +-
 log4j-jakarta-smtp/pom.xml                                | 2 +-
 log4j-jakarta-web/pom.xml                                 | 2 +-
 log4j-jcl/pom.xml                                         | 2 +-
 log4j-jdbc-dbcp2/pom.xml                                  | 2 +-
 log4j-jmx-gui/pom.xml                                     | 2 +-
 log4j-jpa/pom.xml                                         | 2 +-
 log4j-jpl/pom.xml                                         | 2 +-
 log4j-jul/pom.xml                                         | 2 +-
 log4j-kubernetes/pom.xml                                  | 2 +-
 log4j-layout-template-json-test/pom.xml                   | 2 +-
 log4j-layout-template-json/pom.xml                        | 2 +-
 log4j-mongodb3/pom.xml                                    | 2 +-
 log4j-mongodb4/pom.xml                                    | 2 +-
 log4j-osgi/pom.xml                                        | 2 +-
 log4j-perf/pom.xml                                        | 2 +-
 log4j-samples/log4j-samples-configuration/pom.xml         | 2 +-
 log4j-samples/log4j-samples-flume-common/pom.xml          | 2 +-
 log4j-samples/log4j-samples-flume-embedded/pom.xml        | 2 +-
 log4j-samples/log4j-samples-flume-remote/pom.xml          | 2 +-
 log4j-samples/log4j-samples-loggerProperties/pom.xml      | 2 +-
 log4j-samples/pom.xml                                     | 2 +-
 log4j-slf4j-impl/pom.xml                                  | 2 +-
 log4j-slf4j2-impl/pom.xml                                 | 2 +-
 log4j-spring-boot/pom.xml                                 | 2 +-
 .../log4j-spring-cloud-config-client/pom.xml              | 2 +-
 .../log4j-spring-cloud-config-sample-application/pom.xml  | 2 +-
 .../log4j-spring-cloud-config-sample-server/pom.xml       | 2 +-
 .../log4j-spring-cloud-config-samples/pom.xml             | 2 +-
 log4j-spring-cloud-config/pom.xml                         | 2 +-
 log4j-taglib/pom.xml                                      | 2 +-
 log4j-to-jul/pom.xml                                      | 2 +-
 log4j-to-slf4j/pom.xml                                    | 2 +-
 log4j-web/pom.xml                                         | 2 +-
 pom.xml                                                   | 6 +++---
 50 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)

diff --git a/log4j-1.2-api/pom.xml b/log4j-1.2-api/pom.xml
index 736e94460d1..042c36fa2c2 100644
--- a/log4j-1.2-api/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-1.2-api/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-api-java9/pom.xml b/log4j-api-java9/pom.xml
index 7690e81128a..e78fe4a6537 100644
--- a/log4j-api-java9/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-api-java9/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-api-java9</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-api-test/pom.xml b/log4j-api-test/pom.xml
index 9cd53a96209..35ff705cd25 100644
--- a/log4j-api-test/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-api-test/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-api-test</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-api/pom.xml b/log4j-api/pom.xml
index a11bd3d9ac2..1bb7ee90fad 100644
--- a/log4j-api/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-api/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-appserver/pom.xml b/log4j-appserver/pom.xml
index 41f0ce21c28..8e51016f52c 100644
--- a/log4j-appserver/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-appserver/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>log4j-appserver</artifactId>
diff --git a/log4j-bom/pom.xml b/log4j-bom/pom.xml
index 4e7921ff35c..2de852e4f77 100644
--- a/log4j-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-bom/pom.xml
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
   <description>Apache Log4j Bill of Materials</description>
   <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>log4j-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.20.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <properties>
     <maven.site.skip>true</maven.site.skip>
     <maven.site.deploy.skip>true</maven.site.deploy.skip>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1676683596</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1676694869</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -239,4 +239,8 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>log4j-2.20.1-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/log4j-cassandra/pom.xml b/log4j-cassandra/pom.xml
index 0d0bdfc6267..671db86bca6 100644
--- a/log4j-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/log4j-core-its/pom.xml b/log4j-core-its/pom.xml
index 7b30cb74f86..aaaea762358 100644
--- a/log4j-core-its/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-core-its/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-core-its</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-core-java9/pom.xml b/log4j-core-java9/pom.xml
index cee2fffc7b6..39f1dca5295 100644
--- a/log4j-core-java9/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-core-java9/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-core-java9</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-core-test/pom.xml b/log4j-core-test/pom.xml
index 25ef7c07869..e662847a730 100644
--- a/log4j-core-test/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-core-test/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-core-test</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-core/pom.xml b/log4j-core/pom.xml
index b1d7b291b32..1e38ac8984a 100644
--- a/log4j-core/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-core/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-couchdb/pom.xml b/log4j-couchdb/pom.xml
index 9dc7bb2a311..1ca7e391507 100644
--- a/log4j-couchdb/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-couchdb/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/log4j-distribution/pom.xml b/log4j-distribution/pom.xml
index 1dd6948a8f4..db1b77a8e77 100644
--- a/log4j-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-distribution</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-docker/pom.xml b/log4j-docker/pom.xml
index 36c8b814535..ea9f9ec55e1 100644
--- a/log4j-docker/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-docker/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-docker</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-flume-ng/pom.xml b/log4j-flume-ng/pom.xml
index 9b5c8ffa623..cc7ec3aad1c 100644
--- a/log4j-flume-ng/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-flume-ng/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-flume-ng</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-iostreams/pom.xml b/log4j-iostreams/pom.xml
index fde50970137..b4aacd9e636 100644
--- a/log4j-iostreams/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-iostreams/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-iostreams</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-jakarta-smtp/pom.xml b/log4j-jakarta-smtp/pom.xml
index ae4d65145b5..83404923114 100644
--- a/log4j-jakarta-smtp/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-jakarta-smtp/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>log4j-jakarta-smtp</artifactId>
diff --git a/log4j-jakarta-web/pom.xml b/log4j-jakarta-web/pom.xml
index f5b6164c70a..afb88005f3f 100644
--- a/log4j-jakarta-web/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-jakarta-web/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/log4j-jcl/pom.xml b/log4j-jcl/pom.xml
index 6ec2cf654e5..3dd33e9812b 100644
--- a/log4j-jcl/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-jcl/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-jdbc-dbcp2/pom.xml b/log4j-jdbc-dbcp2/pom.xml
index 30323d224d0..73479514680 100644
--- a/log4j-jdbc-dbcp2/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-jdbc-dbcp2/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/log4j-jmx-gui/pom.xml b/log4j-jmx-gui/pom.xml
index be846b789fc..ec75337276a 100644
--- a/log4j-jmx-gui/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-jmx-gui/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-jmx-gui</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-jpa/pom.xml b/log4j-jpa/pom.xml
index 1c66a3c3086..acff81e2721 100644
--- a/log4j-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/log4j-jpl/pom.xml b/log4j-jpl/pom.xml
index 46cf317443d..f38093276ce 100644
--- a/log4j-jpl/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-jpl/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/log4j-jul/pom.xml b/log4j-jul/pom.xml
index c36de9712f9..6275ae92573 100644
--- a/log4j-jul/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-jul/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/log4j-kubernetes/pom.xml b/log4j-kubernetes/pom.xml
index a4292fbda14..ee832884451 100644
--- a/log4j-kubernetes/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-kubernetes/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-kubernetes</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-layout-template-json-test/pom.xml b/log4j-layout-template-json-test/pom.xml
index c45a574a350..37ca46a20bd 100644
--- a/log4j-layout-template-json-test/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-layout-template-json-test/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>log4j-layout-template-json-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/log4j-layout-template-json/pom.xml b/log4j-layout-template-json/pom.xml
index d3a963d28dd..82da1a55265 100644
--- a/log4j-layout-template-json/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-layout-template-json/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>log4j-layout-template-json</artifactId>
diff --git a/log4j-mongodb3/pom.xml b/log4j-mongodb3/pom.xml
index 761084f9a91..b5935353c99 100644
--- a/log4j-mongodb3/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-mongodb3/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/log4j-mongodb4/pom.xml b/log4j-mongodb4/pom.xml
index e105f932fa4..5bbe03ec44a 100644
--- a/log4j-mongodb4/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-mongodb4/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/log4j-osgi/pom.xml b/log4j-osgi/pom.xml
index ea2c4eea2e2..aa196829044 100644
--- a/log4j-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-osgi</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-perf/pom.xml b/log4j-perf/pom.xml
index a1a45ca57f0..4190d56a2b2 100644
--- a/log4j-perf/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-perf/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>log4j-perf</artifactId>
diff --git a/log4j-samples/log4j-samples-configuration/pom.xml b/log4j-samples/log4j-samples-configuration/pom.xml
index fcd7480aff4..3636a04e444 100644
--- a/log4j-samples/log4j-samples-configuration/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-samples/log4j-samples-configuration/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>log4j-samples</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j.samples</groupId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-samples-configuration</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-samples/log4j-samples-flume-common/pom.xml b/log4j-samples/log4j-samples-flume-common/pom.xml
index c7680e153d3..6eeaa184d03 100644
--- a/log4j-samples/log4j-samples-flume-common/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-samples/log4j-samples-flume-common/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>log4j-samples</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j.samples</groupId>
-    <version>2.20.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>log4j-samples-flume-common</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/log4j-samples/log4j-samples-flume-embedded/pom.xml b/log4j-samples/log4j-samples-flume-embedded/pom.xml
index 830deca519b..543cafb1fc9 100644
--- a/log4j-samples/log4j-samples-flume-embedded/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-samples/log4j-samples-flume-embedded/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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