Hi again, Jon.
> I downloaded the latest J2EE and it includes Tomcat. However, when I looked
> on your website, it says that you have two versions of Tomcat. Which one
> comes with J2EE? Which one should I be using?
I'm sure J2EE will have a README telling you what version it includes.
As for "what version should I be using " - the one that works best for
you. ( should I use RedHat Linux or Mandrake ? Win 98 or Win NT ? ).
>
> I found a bug in 3.3. When is the next release going to happen? (Implying
> that we are going to have to continue on putting effort towards more 3.3.x
> releases.)
It's an open source project. And it seems you are not putting any effort
into 3.x anyway, but yet it works fine, so don't worry about it.
> I found a *serious* architectural issue in 3.3 that warrants a 3.4 release.
> What should we do now? (Implying that we are going to have to continue on
> putting effort towards more 3.3.x releases.)
Again, I'm sure people working on 3.3 will find a way to deal with
that. My preference is to stop changing the core API and architecture
after 3.3 is out, but it seems I'm not the only developer on 3.3, and
if something serious happens I'm sure we ( as a group ) will take a good
decision.
>
> I looked at your website and there are two versions of Tomcat, which one
> should I use? They both seem to be in active development. Why is one better
> than the other?
I can speak about why tomcat 3.3 is better, but I don't want to open yet
another fight.
So let's say: there are 2 ideas and 2 different implementations. They both
share a lot of code ( the connector, modules, etc) but have slightly
different core and architecture.
It's a perfect example of how you can componentize and build with
components, and how code reuse is good - tomcat3.3 will try to reuse as
much as possible from 4.0, and I hope the reverse will be true.
( unfortunately, this is not true as of today, with 4.0 having a
completely different codebasse - except jasper, which is a great example
of how development should work - and tomcat3.3 just starting to reuse code
from 4.0).
I have great hopes for mod_webapp and mod_jk to be a first example of
sharing, and I'm sure there are other areas as well.
> p.s. Costin, I had a great idea. I'm going to forward to you all of the
> personal email based Tomcat support questions that I get. Have fun answering
> them. :-)
Thanks, I already get a lot, and sometimes I do have fun answering them (
when I have time to do so ).
Costin
