Hi , Any expected time horizon from now to support the Java EE with 9.x.x ? Any possibility on how many years from now , it would be supported?
Dinesh Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 5:06 PM, Michael Osipov <micha...@apache.org> wrote: On 2025/02/25 10:45:53 Mark Thomas wrote: > All, > > Tomcat 9 is the last major Tomcat version supporting Java EE. Therefore, > the Tomcat community intends to provide support for Tomcat 9 beyond the > 10 years for which major Tomcat versions are typically supported. > > Extended support will be provided via a new 9.1.x branch that will be > started when 9.0.x reaches end of support. The APR/Native Connector will > not be available in Tomcat 9.1.x. > > The deprecation notice for the APR/Native connector will be updated for > the next 9.0.x release to indicate that it will be removed in 9.1.x > onwards in addition to the current statement that it has been removed in > 10.1.x onwards. > > Support for NIO+OpenSSL and NIO2+OpenSSL will continue in Tomcat 9.1.x > via Tomcat Native 2.x. > > Back-ports of security fixes, bug fixes and new features will continue > for 9.1.x as they have done for 9.0.x. > > End of support for Tomcat 9.0.x is expected *no earlier than* 31 March 2027. > > End of support for Tomcat 9.1.x has not been determined. At least 12 > months notice will be provided for 9.1.x end of support. If that is the case one should modify libtcnative not to require APR at build time at all. Please note that would also kill UDS support on 9.x when run on < Java 17. Please sharply review all APR feaitures which are *not* available with NIO2 and document appropriately. If I am wrong, let me know! Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
