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  • Do we want to continue to provide support (currently only security fixes) for 3.3.x?
    • markt: Suggest we drop all support for 3.x
  • If yes, who is release manager for 3.3.x?
  • If no, do we want to remove 3.3.x from the main download page?
    • markt: Yes, if it is agreed to drop support for it
  • What level of support do we want to provide for 5.5.x?
    • markt: Bug fixes and security fixes, no enhancements
  • Once we have a stable release of 6.2.x, what support do we want to provide for 6.0.x?
    • markt: None. The API change is likely to be minor and impact zero to very few users. If it is an issue then we can change our minds and limit it to just security fixes.
  • What features/API changes do we want to include in 6.2.x
    • remm: It could be limited to the AnnotationProcessor -> InstanceManager replacement, and have the branch simply take over for 6.0.x immediately. This also allows placing 6.0.x in security fixes mode since 6.2 is a trivial upgrade path.
    • markt: I'd go further and not do any updates for 6.0.x
  • What features/API changes do we want to put in 6.3.x for future inclusion in 6.4.x and/or 7.0.x?
    • markt: That is what the STATUS file and voting is for (wink)

Overview

This page provides a high-level view of each of the past, current and planned major Tomcat versions.

Tomcat 3.3.x

Spec versions:

Servlet 2.2, JSP 1.1

Stable:

Yes

Enhancements:

No

Bug Fixes:

No

Security Fixes:

TBD - currently yes

Process:

RTC

Listed on download pages

Yes

Release Manager:

???

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Spec versions:

Servlet 2.5, JSP 2.1Stable:

Yes

Enhancements:

Yes

Bug Fixes:

Yes

Security Fixes:

Yes

Process:

RTC

Listed on download pages

Yes

Release Manager:

TBD

Features:

  • 6.0.x plus
  • Geronimo API changes
  • TBD

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Tomcat 7.0.x

Spec versions:

Servlet 2.56?, JSP 2.1

Stable:

No

Enhancements:

Yes

Bug Fixes:

Yes

Security Fixes:

Yes

Process:

CTR

Listed on download pages

Yes

Release Manager:

TBD

Features:

2?

Features

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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