2012/9/7 Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>: > >> How about Apache Tomcat 6.x.x? When is the end for the support? > > No plans at the current time. Best guess is that it is at least two years > away. There will be at least 12 months notice of eol. > > The biggest driver is the J2EE specification process. A new specification > version means a new major Tomcat release. Generally the latest major Tomcat > version (currently 7.0.x) gets new features, bug fixes and security fixes, > the version before (6.0.x) that bug fixes and security fixes and the version > before that (5.5.x) just security fixes. > > We are at the transition point where 8.0.x is diverging from 7.0.x so the > three supported versions move from 5.5-7.0 to 6.0-8.0. That said, the > transition won't be instantaneous. 8.0 is not ready for a release and New > features will continue to be added to 7.0 for a while yet. > > Also, all of the above depends on there being volunteers doing the work. This > cuts both ways. If no-one wants to work on 6.0.x as of tomorrow, support for > 6.0.x will effectively stop then. Equally, if someone wants to add a new > feature to 5.5.x, they can. Everything above is only generally true with > plenty of exceptions if a committer decides they want to scratch a particular > itch.
Some facts: 1. The Java 1.5 JDK that is used to build Tomcat 6 is already past its EOL. 2. There is no automated testsuite for Tomcat 6, like we have for Tomcat 7. So it is a bit harder to maintain it. My estimation is like Mark's: two more years. Maybe 2,5. I would not expect more. There should be a discussion on the dev list and an announcement one year before the eol. Best regards, Konstantin Kolinko --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
