Thanks Alex for the feedback. Just to clarify, this is _my_ view and not community decision or thoughts.
I am fully aware of javax namespace change and the value to keep maintaining TomEE 8.x longer By the way, I did _not_ propose to move TomEE 8.x to EOL. I said, move TomEE 8.x to maintenance, so we can use master for TomEE 9.x with a target EE 9. -- Jean-Louis Monteiro http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro http://www.tomitribe.com On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 10:37 PM Alex The Rocker <alex.m3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm afraid it'll be necessary to keep TomEE 8.x maintained for a long > while, as it's the last version supporting javax namespace for EE > APIs. > Like it or not, but migration from javax to jakarta namespace is a > very slow process for applications developed a while ago... > > Kind regards, > Alex > > Le mar. 11 janv. 2022 à 08:24, Jean-Louis Monteiro > <jlmonte...@tomitribe.com> a écrit : > > > > We need a proper discussion and agreement on the mailing list > > > > I'd be in favor of having 1.7.x EOL > > 7.x should also somehow turn EOL soon > > 8.x will be maintenance only so we can turn master to 9.x > > We have EE10 around the corner so we need to move on or we'll have 5 > > versions to maintain in parallel which isn't really easy > > > > Le mar. 11 janv. 2022 à 07:29, Zowalla, Richard < > > richard.zowa...@hs-heilbronn.de> a écrit : > > > > > Any thoughts on this one? > > > > > > Am Donnerstag, dem 09.12.2021 um 10:49 +0000 schrieb Zowalla, Richard: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I found the attached mail, which was sent to users@tomee.a.o > > > > > > > > In the past, there was some discussion about versioning and EOL of > > > > older versions of TomEE in various mail threads (but no consens was > > > > found nor a descision was made). > > > > > > > > I think, that we are not really clear on our website until when we > > > > want > > > > to maintain / patch older TomEE versions. Obviously, 1.7.5 is no > > > > longer > > > > supported (no release since 2017 - but has no EOL marker on the > > > > website). 7.0.x and 7.1.x had a last release in 2020 - I don't no the > > > > state here either. > > > > > > > > I think, we are missing some sort of announcement / clarification > > > > regarding "maintained" versions of TomEE on the website leading to > > > > user > > > > confusion on the user list or on third party platforms such as > > > > Stackoverflow. > > > > > > > > Tomcat is doing this by posting EOL statements like: > > > > > > > > - https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-70-eol.html > > > > - https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-80-eol.html > > > > > > > > Maybe we should think about a similar announcement strategy? Wdyt? > > > > > > > > Gruss > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > Am Mittwoch, dem 01.12.2021 um 17:03 +0000 schrieb Richard OConnell: > > > > > Hi There, > > > > > > > > > > Could someone please help confirm if the following are still > > > > > downloadable and supported and if so for how long e.g. when it end > > > > > of > > > > > life for each? > > > > > > > > > > * Apache TomEE v7.0.8.1 > > > > > * Apache TomEE Webprofile v1.7.5 > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > Rich > > > -- > > > Richard Zowalla, M.Sc. > > > Research Associate, PhD Student | Medical Informatics > > > > > > Hochschule Heilbronn – University of Applied Sciences > > > Max-Planck-Str. 39 > > > D-74081 Heilbronn > > > phone: +49 7131 504 6791 (zur Zeit nicht via Telefon erreichbar) > > > mail: richard.zowa...@hs-heilbronn.de > > > web: https://www.mi.hs-heilbronn.de/ > > > >
