+1 for Option A, between July and December 2026. Jacopo
On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 7:20 PM Jacopo Cappellato <[email protected]> wrote: > > This vote is a follow-up to the discussion in the thread "Proposal to > backport Tomcat 10 / Jakarta migration to release24.09". > > With this vote, we will either set an end-of-life date for release24.09 no > later than March 2027, which could coincide with the publication of the first > release from a new release branch, or backport the Jakarta migration (and any > other relevant changes) to allow us to continue using Tomcat and other > external dependencies safely in the release24.09 branch, relying only on > dependencies that are actively maintained. > > Please vote: > > ============================================= > > A) Create a new release branch and set the end-of-life date for release24.09 > no later than March 2027. > > By voting +1 for this option, if you wish, please specify the month, or range > of months, between June 2026 and March 2027 in which you would like the > release branch to be created. The stabilization period will be decided later > through a separate vote; however, the first release will be published no > later than March 2027. > > For example: > > By voting "+1, July-September", you are indicating that you would like the > new release branch to be created in July, August, or September (e.g. > release26.07, release26.08, or release26.09). > > ============================================= > > B) Do not set an end-of-life date for release24.09. > > By voting +1, you prefer that we do not set an end-of-life date for > release24.09 and that we accept backporting the Jakarta migration and similar > changes to extend its lifetime. > > Note that backporting the Jakarta migration may affect custom projects based > on release24.09, as they may need to migrate custom code to Jakarta within a > short period of time. > > ============================================= > > Jacopo > >
