At long last, Tomcat 3.3 has reached "Final Release" and is available for download. With its refactored set of core classes and modules, it offers a number of new features, better performance, and more flexible configuration over its predecessors. Also, it can be updated with add-on modules. The PasswordPrompter add-on module is a simple example and is available with this release. You can download the release from:
http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3 Note: As of this moment, RPMs and netware connectors have not been added to the web site. They will appear in the near future. As a Tomcat 3.x release, it remains a reference implementation of the Servlet 2.2 and JSP 1.1 specifications. Note however that altering Tomcat's behavior with respect to the Servlet 2.2 and JSP 1.1 specifications invalidates its status as a reference implementation. Since the configuration improvements often involve differences from earlier Tomcat 3.2.x releases, you are strongly encouraged to review the "readme" file in Tomcat's doc directory. Especially section 5. "NEW FEATURES AND CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE" where some of the important differences are listed. A lot of new content has been added to the tomcat-ug.html. In addition, serverxml.html has been added to the site to provide reference information about the modules. If you upgrade to Tomcat 3.3, these documents are the first place to look for information about how to use Tomcat 3.3. To log problems or bugs, as well as submit patches, please refer to: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/bugs.html When logging bugs to Bugzilla, please specify the Product as "Tomcat 3" and the Version as "3.3 Final". Also, supplying a test case will greatly improve our ability to address the problem. Please do so if at all possible. Thanks, Larry Isaacs P.S. I would like to thank the countless people who have contributed to the Tomcat 3.3 development. A special thanks goes to Costin Manolache who did the majority of the refactoring and is responsible in large part for many of the improvements you will find in Tomcat 3.3.
