On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 11:34 AM Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11/02/2026 10:15, Michael Osipov wrote: > > On 2026/02/10 17:54:26 Mark Thomas wrote: > >> All, > >> > >> If we can get users off the APR connector and, for those that need > >> OpenSSL, using Tomcat Native 2.0.x rather than 1.3.x the 9.0.x to 9.1.x > >> migration will be no different to a point release update. > >> > >> With that in mind, what do folks think about the following: > >> > >> (keep in mind this will happen *after* the 9.0.x EOS, 9.x LTS and Tomcat > >> Native 1.3.x EOS announcements) > >> > >> 1. Increase the minimum recommended version of Tomcat Native to 2.0.12 > >> for 10.1.x onwards. > >> > >> 2. For 9.0.x, log a warning if the APR/Native connector is used > >> recommending switching to NIO / NIO+OpenSSL if they want the OpenSSL TLS > >> implementation. > >> > >> I initially thought of making the minimum recommended version of Tomcat > >> Native 2.0.12 for 9.0.x as well but that would mean an out of the box > >> Tomcat 9 install is going to warn that Tomcat Native should be upgraded. > >> > >> Thoughts? > > > > I have a few: > > > > * Add the warning to 1.3.x configure.ac as well > > That should be doable. > > > * We have a half-state of terms in the source tree: > >> osipovmi@deblndw011x:~/var/Projekte/tomcat (apache-main =) > >> $ find . -name Apr\* > >> ./java/org/apache/catalina/core/AprLifecycleListener.java > >> ./java/org/apache/tomcat/jni/AprStatus.java > > > > Any plans to make this right? E.g., get rid of Apr in favor of TomcatNative? > > There might be also other spots as well. > > No plans at present. It would be a disruptive change for no functional > benefit. > > Tomcat Native will (eventually) go away in favour of FFM. I am hopeful > that will start in Tomcat 13. > > There are options if we wanted to implement this renaming but it is > going to create arguably unnecessary migration work if we remove the APR > variants before Tomcat 13. And if we don't remove the APR variants > before Tomcat 13 why bother with the renaming since the new versions > will get removed then too.
Indeed, I don't think we should be wasting people's time for a cosmetic issue. Rémy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
