From: "Michael G. Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 9:19 PM
> See Question version 1.0!
> Is version 3.2.2 beta 5 the latest?
> or is Tomcat 4(4.4) the latest?
>
> What is the latest version?
I'll try to answer this, and be resoundingly corrected, or if folks are silent
you can assume I've got the gist of this...
Tomcat 3.2.2 beta 5 is a release-candidate. Everyone hopes it will be the
next release of Tomcat 3.2.2 since it incorporates security fixes you _need_.
You are encouraged to test this _now_ if you are a 3.2.1/3.2.2 user today.
Tomcat 3.3 is in development, and should near release over the next few months.
It incorporates new APIs and may include new connectors sometime in the near
future (or does right now, I'm not certain.) But treat it as a work-in-progress
until the beta nears, and if you like life on the edge, try using it instead.
It will be changing a bit between now and it's release.
Tomcat 4.0 is in development, and should near release sometime [?]. But it's a
rather new beast, supporting the next [not yet published] java servlets api
which is subject to change. It will bring Apache's 'filters' to Tomcat and
offer a host of new things, including [probably] a brand new apache connector
module [which of two, or both, isn't determined yet.] If you like life on the
bleeding edge, try tomcat 4.0 with apache 2.0, but be prepared to stay current
with the repositories on both, and don't put your money on building successfully
at any given point in time :-) It is likely to change alot between now and it's
release.
If I blew it, please correct me.
Bill
> What am I missing?
>
>
> What is going on...
>
> Marc Saegesser wrote:
>
> > I am pleased to announce that the Tomcat 3.2.2 beta 5 release is now
> > available for download at
> >
> > http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/tomcat/release/v3.2.2-beta-5
> >
> > The beta 5 release fixes a security problem that caused a URL such as
> >
> > http://localhost:8080/examples/jsp/num/numguess.jsp%00
> >
> > to return the JSP source text on some platforms. If you are using any
> > previous beta release of Tomcat 3.2.2 please upgrade to beta 5 as soon as
> > possible.
> >
> > The release notes file in src/doc/readme covers the details of the Tomcat
> > 3.2.2 release.
> >
> > Marc A. Saegesser
>
>
