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Overview
This page provides a high-level view of each of the past, current and planned major Tomcat versions.
The way Apache is structured and governed it is impossible to say that there will be no further enhancements, bug fixes or releases for a given version. Therefore, rather than use "No" in the tables below "Highly unlikely" has been used. That said, highly unlikely means exactly that and users of versions that are highly unlikely to see another release, even for security fixes, should consider moving to a later version.
It is anticipated that releases will be provided for a maximum of 3 major versions at any one time.
list of API specifications which are implemented by Tomcat.
The specifications are developed and maintained by the Java Community Process (JCP). The members of the JCP are coming from software industry, other organizations like the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), educational institutions but include also indivual (personal) members.
Each specifications starts its life as a so-called Java Specification Request JSR. The JSRs are also known by the unique number they receive once the specification process starts. On the web site of the JCP you can find an overview page for each spec, and a separate download page. The download page lists various stages of each spec reflecting the development process of JCP specs. Examples are "Early Draft Review", "Public Final Draft" and "Final Release". You'd like to make sure, you always access the latest documents.
Different Tomcat version implement different version of the specifications (see details).
JSR 315: Java Servlet 3.0 Specifiation
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Spec versions: | Servlet 3.0 , JSP 2.2, EL 2.2 | |
Stable: | No Final Release | |
EnhancementsDate: | Yes | 10 Dec, 2009 |
Main pageBug Fixes: | Yes JSR315 | |
Security FixesDownload Page: | Yes | |
Releases: | Yes | |
Release Manager: | Mark Thomas (markt) | |
Process: | CTR | |
Listed on download pages: | Yes |
Tomcat 6.0.x
Spec versions: | Servlet 2.5, JSP 2.1 |
Stable: | Yes |
Enhancements: | Yes |
Bug Fixes: | Yes |
Security Fixes: | Yes |
Releases: | Yes |
Release Manager: | Jean-Frederic Clere (jfclere) |
Process: | RTC |
Listed on download pages: | Yes |
Tomcat 5.5.x
Spec versions: | Servlet 2.4, JSP 2.0 |
Stable: | Yes |
Enhancements: | Unlikely |
Bug Fixes: | Yes |
Security Fixes: | Yes |
Releases: | Yes |
Release Manager: | Filip Hanik (fhanik) |
Process: | RTC |
Listed on download pages: | Yes |
Tomcat 4.1.x
Spec versions: | Servlet 2.3, JSP 1.2 |
Stable: | Yes |
Enhancements: | Highly unlikely |
Bug Fixes: | Highly unlikely |
Security Fixes: | Highly unlikely |
Releases: | Highly unlikely |
Release Manager: | Mark Thomas (markt) |
Process: | CTR |
Listed on download pages: | No |
Tomcat 3.3.x
Spec versions: | Servlet 2.2, JSP 1.1 |
Stable: | Yes |
Enhancements: | Highly unlikely |
Bug Fixes: | Highly unlikely |
Security Fixes: | Highly unlikely |
Releases: | Highly unlikely |
Release Manager: | Bill Barker (billbarker) |
Process: | CTR |
Listed on download pages: | No |
Unsupported versions
The following versions are no longer supported. The source is still available from SVN and both source and binary downloads are available from the archives.
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JSR 245: Java Server Pages 2.1/2.2 Specifiation, Expression Language 2.2 Specification
JSP 2.2 is a maintenance release of JSP 2.1. Both are part of JSR 245.
Spec versions: | JSP 2.1 | JSP 2.2 | EL 2.2 |
Stable: | Final Release | Maintenance Release | Maintenance Release |
Date: | 11 May, 2006 | 10 Dec, 2009 | 10 Dec, 2009 |
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Download Page: |
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