On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 10:38 AM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 08/06/2023 21:37, William Crowell wrote: > > Mark, > > > > Thank you for your reply. Any ideas on Tomcat 11 features that will be > > included with a final release next year? > > Virtual thread support was the the first major new feature and that was > included in the recent 11.0.0-M7 release. There will probably be more > loom related changes as it starts being used and bottlenecks are discovered. > > We hoped to take advantage of project Panama to simplify OpenSSL > integration but that looks like it will remain in preview for Java 21. > > QUIC is still on the radar but without Panama support it looks unlikely > that we'll add QUIC support to Tomcat 11.
First item would be: Panama is non preview in Java 22. I really hope so ! Following this, it should become possible to compile with 22 and target 21 (except for the classes actually using Panama). Rémy > The Jakarta spec changes look to be mostly about clarifying grey areas > and small feature improvements. > > Other than that, the best thing to do is follow the change log and if > there are features you'd like to see, speak up. > > Mark# > > > > > > Regards, > > > > William Crowell > > > > From: Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> > > Date: Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 4:05 PM > > To: users@tomcat.apache.org <users@tomcat.apache.org> > > Subject: Re: Tomcat 11 Release Date > > On 08/06/2023 19:56, William Crowell wrote: > >> Good afternoon, > >> > >> I know we are in milestone 7 of Apache Tomcat 11, but do any of you know > >> when the release date will be for Apache Tomcat 11? It does not have to be > >> an exact date, but just a ballpark date. > > > > The criteria for a stable release are: > > - All implemented Jakarta specifications are released > > - Tomcat has fully implemented all the specifications > > - Committer judgement > > > > Expanding on those, my best guess for the Jakarta EE specs to be > > released is March. Tomcat follows the Jakarta development pretty closely > > so I am fairly confident that Tomcat will have fully implemented the > > relevant Jakarta EE 11 APIs long before the specs are finally released. > > > > The committer judgement has changed over the years. Back when the major > > Tomcat versions had significantly different code bases, we wanted to > > allow time for bugs to be found before declaring a major release stable. > > Currently we try and keep the code bases more in-line and are actively > > looking for opportunities to reduce differences where we can. The major > > benefit of this is a greater degree of confidence in the code. My best > > guess in that the committers will declare Tomcat 11 stable a few Tomcat > > release cycles after the Jakarta EE 11 release. > > > > All that adds up to somewhere around June 2024 as a best guess at the > > moment. > > > > HTH, > > > > Mark > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > > > > > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not > > click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know > > the content is safe. > > > > > > This e-mail may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If > > you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any > > attachments and notify us immediately. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
