Draft
Need to resolve TBDs. Specifically:
- 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
- markt: Bug fixes and security fixes, no enhancements
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: |
??? |
Tomcat 4.1.x
Spec versions: |
Servlet 2.3, JSP 1.2 |
Stable: |
Yes |
Enhancements: |
No |
Bug Fixes: |
Yes |
Security Fixes: |
Yes |
Process: |
RTC |
Listed on download pages |
Yes |
Release Manager: |
Mark Thomas (markt) |
Tomcat 5.5.x
Spec versions: |
Servlet 2.4, JSP 2.0 |
Stable: |
Yes |
Enhancements: |
TBD - currently ??? |
Bug Fixes: |
Yes |
Security Fixes: |
Yes |
Process: |
RTC |
Listed on download pages |
Yes |
Release Manager: |
Filip Hanik (fhanik) |
Tomcat 6.0.x
Spec versions: |
Servlet 2.5, JSP 2.1 |
Stable: |
Yes |
Enhancements: |
TBD - currently Yes |
Bug Fixes: |
TBD - currently Yes |
Security Fixes: |
TBD - currently Yes |
Process: |
RTC |
Listed on download pages |
Yes |
Release Manager: |
Remy Maucherat (remm) |
Tomcat 6.2.x
Spec versions: |
Servlet 2.5, JSP 2.1 |
Features:
- 6.0.x plus
- http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/trunk/NOTES-FOR-TOMCAT-6.2.txt
- TBD - additional features will be added to the above file
Tomcat 7.0.x
Spec versions: |
Servlet 2.6?, JSP 2.2? |
Features
- 6.x plus
- http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/trunk/NOTES-FOR-TOMCAT-7.txt
- TBD - additional features will be added to the above file
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.
- Tomcat 3.0.x
- Tomcat 3.1.x
- Tomcat 3.2.x
- Tomcat 4.0.x
- Tomcat 5.0.x