As per the 4.2 change log (http://jira.jboss.com/jira/secure/ConfigureReport.jspa?versions=12311408&...) and these 2 JIRA issues http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-1853 http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-1313 this seems to be the first step towards allowing applications to have their own log4j.properties bundled as part of their application packaging. anonymous wrote : 1. Should my application start using jboss-log4j.xml like it use to use log4j.xml Going by the JIRA issues that i posted above, yes you can start using the jboss-log4j.xml like you used the log4j.xml in the earlier versions. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4064717#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...