> On Oct 7, 2022, at 2:27 AM, Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I don't think there is a need to make a decision on this quickly, but based > on past experience and the current discussions about Jakarta EE 11 I think > this is something we need to start thinking about. > > Some key facts: > > - Tomcat 7.0.x reached EOL on 31 March 2021 > - EOL dates for major versions tend to be 3-4 years apart > - We aim to support 3 major versions in parallel - currently 8.5.x, > 9.0.x and 10.1.x. > - Tomcat 11 will implement Jakarta EE 11 > - Current Jakarta EE discussions are around a release in ~1 year > - Ideally, Tomcat 8.5.x EOL would be just after Tomcat 11 is declared > stable > > Based on the above I think EOL for 8.5.x should be either 31 March 2024 or 30 > Sept 2024 depending on when we think Jakarta EE 11 will be released. > > Jakarta EE releases have tendency to slip so I think the 30 Sept 2024 is > probably the more likely. However, it is much easier to delay an EOL date > than to bring to bring it forward so my current thinking is to announce 31 > March 2024 as the EOL date for 8.5.x and keep in mind that we can extend that > if we want to. > > Thoughts?
Sounds good to me. From a TomEE perspective, the only release streams that'd be affected are TomEE 7.1 and 7.0. Both of those already have unmaintained dependencies with CVEs, so releases of them have already stopped. -David
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