> On May 12, 2026, at 07:58:17, Mark Foley <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, that partially answers the question. 
> 
> But, why are we maintaining different versions of Servlet API's? A couple of
> years ago I went to some trouble converting from 9.x to 10.x because I 
> thought I
> was "upgrading". 


You might want to read this:

https://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html


> Could I have just stuck with 9.x?


You could have, for a while. Never hurts to keep up.


> Is 10.x -> 11.x something I should do (upgrade) or just stick with 10.x?


I would upgrade, but your circumstances could easily be different. Read this to 
help decide:

https://tomcat.apache.org/migration-11.0.html

  - Chuck


> THX --Mark
> 
> On Tue, 12 May 2026 21:28:33 +0900 David Wall <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Different versions of Java and Servlet APIs and Java EE architectures.
>> 
>> On 5/12/26 9:08 PM, Mark Foley wrote:
>>> Recently I've received emails from this list with the following subjects:
>>> 
>>> Apache Tomcat 9.0.117 available
>>> 
>>> Apache Tomcat 10.1.54 Available
>>> 
>>> Apache Tomcat 11.0.21 Available
>>> 
>>> I'm mildly confused. Most packages I use have a current, maintained 
>>> release, period. Is Apache Tomcat running 3 parallel releases? It seems 9, 
>>> 10 and 11 are all getting periodic updates.
>>> 
>>> If Apache Tomcat is maintaining 3 parallel releases, why?
>>> 
>>> THX --Mark
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