Remy Maucherat wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Dave Oxley wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 22:59:55 +0100
> > > From: Dave Oxley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Tomcat next
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > A couple of questions on future Tomcat releases:
> > >
> > > 1. Will there be a TC3.4 release or is 3.x obsolete after 3.3?
> >
> > I don't know on this one.
> >
> > > 2. Has TC4.0 been branched (i.e. has development started on TC4.1 or are
> you
> > > waiting for TC4.0.1 to branch?)
> >
> > Yes, it has been branched ("tomcat_40_branch" is for 4.0.x). The HEAD
> > branch can be used for new development and features.
> >
> > > 3. Is there a list of planned features for TC4.1?
> > >
> >
> > Hmm, the todo list doc looks like it got lost in the shuffle ...
> >
> > Two big areas I'd like to see focus on (and where I and some of my
> > colleagues will definitely be spending some time) are:
> >
> > * Major improvements to the JSP page compiler to improve the
> > quality and performance of the code it generates, and to make
> > the compiler itself more maintainable. A high level requirements
> > doc for my view of what this should include will be circulated soon.
> >
> > * Implementing a nice administration/configuration interface (as a
> > web app), talking to server components through a JMX interface
> > (so that Tomcat can be managed by any JMX compliant tool). Some
> > time ago I published some functional requirements for this (in the
> > Tomcat documentation, go to "Functional Specs" under "Catalina")
> > but it hasn't received much in the way of comment yet.
> >
> > What would *you* like to see happen? (And what would *you* like to work
> > on to make it happen? :-).
>
> Actually, I would be more in favor of releasing a 4.1 before that, focusing
> mostly on small refactorings of the core (like the error report refactoring
> I just did) and optimizations.
>
> More specifically, that would include:
> - the Service stuff (if done)
> - a Coyote connector (note: Coyote is the name I've chosen to designate half
> of what is currently the TC 3.3 core)
> - a HTTP/1.1 connector for Coyote
> - better mod_webapp
Better connectors...
mod_jk works with both TC3.3 and TC4.0.
A good enhancement is to add the WARP protocol to mod_jk.
> - fixes for all the compliance issues that need some refactoring (error
> report, response commit, ...)
>
> Such a release could happen relatively soon, and would provide a better
> basis for adding all the big new features mentioned above.
>
> Of course, we could decide that all the things mentioned above are small
> enough feature additions and refactorings so that they can be released as
> part of the 4.0.x branch.
>
> Note: Obviously, I'm in favor of more incremental but more frequent releases
> than what has been done in the past.
>
> Remy
