On 2026/02/11 12:22:42 Mark Thomas wrote: > The Tomcat team has consistently stated that long term support (LTS) > will be provided for Tomcat 9 as it is the last Tomcat version that > supports Java EE. Tomcat 10 onwards switched to Jakarta EE. The details > of that LTS have been evolving over time. As we approach the point where > we'd normally be announcing end-of-support (EOS) for Tomcat 9, the > Tomcat team is pleased to announce the following LTS plan for Tomcat 9. > > - Tomcat 9 support will continue until 31 December 2030 - the same > date as EOS for many Java 8 distributions. > > - Tomcat 9.0.x support will continue until 31 March 2027. > > - Shortly before 9.0.x support ends, releases from a new 9.1.x branch > will be made available. Releases from the 9.1.x branch will continue > until 31 December 2030. > > The differences between 9.0.x and 9.1.x will be minimal and users can > start making the necessary transition now. Those changes are: > > - the APR/native connectors for HTTP, HTTPS and AJP will not be > available > > - Support for Tomcat Native 2.0.x will continue but Tomcat Native 1.3.x > will not be supported (see the separate EOS announcement for Tomcat > Native 1.3.x) > > Users of the APR/native AJP connector are strongly encouraged to migrate > to the NIO AJP connector and discontinue using Tomcat Native. > > Users of the APR/native HTTP connector are strongly encouraged to > migrate to the NIO HTTP connector and discontinue using Tomcat Native. > > Users of the APR/native HTTPS connector are strongly encouraged to > migrate to either the the HTTPS NIO+JSSE connector or the HTTPS > NIO+OpenSSL connector. > > Those migrating to the HTTP NIO+OpenSSL connector should then upgrade > Tomcat Native to 2.0.x. > > For users that are not using Tomcat Native or are using Tomcat Native > 2.0.x, the transition from 9.0.x to 9.1.x will be no different to a > normal Tomcat point release upgrade. > > Rather than continuing on 9.1.x, Tomcat 9 users are strongly encouraged > to consider upgrading to a more recent Tomcat version making use of > tools like the Tomcat Migration Tool for Jakarta EE.
Hi Mark, can you provide an estimate how long the overlapping timeframe is going to be? Downstream packagers and consumers will need time to perform the drop in replacement. E.g., I am helping out with the FreeBSD ports all Tomcat related and we can announce the deprecation of 9.0, but ideally we will name a successor, namely 9.1.x which is not yet available. This makes things awkward. Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
