Thanks Rémy, Actually, I think we are going in the same direction. 8.x which is the latest javax version might be supported a bit longer. 9.x needs discussion. I would not be against focusing on 10.x and having a very minimal maintenance on 9.x
-- Jean-Louis Monteiro http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro http://www.tomitribe.com On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 1:20 PM Rémy Maucherat <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 1:12 PM Richard Zowalla <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am +1 for branching for 9.0.0 final and switching main to 10.0.0- > > SNAPSHOT. > > > > However, I am unsure, if we will maintain 9.0.0 - the related Tomcat > > version isn't maintained anymore [1]: > > Indeed, it's EOLed, so it won't get any security fixes. There didn't > seem to be much value in Tomcat 10.0 for us, it was basically the same > as 9.0 but with jakarta instead of javax (and that's obviously not a > benefit !). Instead, we're planning to support 9.0 long term, and 10.1 > for the usual amount of time (= long). > > I now understand TomEE is in a bad spot since it had some useful > feature add in that 9.0 branch. > > Rémy > > > Apache Tomcat 10.1.x > > Apache Tomcat 10.1.x is the current focus of development. It implements > > the Servlet 6.0, JSP 3.1, EL 5.0, WebSocket 2.1 and Authentication 3.0 > > specifications (the versions required by Jakarta EE 10 platform). > > > > Apache Tomcat 10.0.x > > Apache Tomcat 10.0.x implements the Servlet 5.0, JSP 3.0, EL 4.0, > > WebSocket 2.0 and Authentication 2.0 specifications (the versions > > required by Jakarta EE 9 platform). > > > > Users of Tomcat 10.0 should be aware that Tomcat 10.0 has now reached > > end of life. Users of Tomcat 10.0.x should upgrade to Tomcat 10.1.x or > > later. > > > > > > Gruß > > Richard > > > > [1] https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-10.0-eol.html > > > > > > Am Montag, dem 02.01.2023 um 12:33 +0100 schrieb Jean-Louis Monteiro: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I triggered a vote for TomEE Patch Plugin 0.10 which is required to > > > then > > > release TomEE 9.0.0 Final. > > > > > > I'm tempted to branch main for 9.0.0 final release and further > > > maintenance > > > and move main to 10.0.0 so we can start implementing Jakarta EE 10 > > > and > > > MicroProfile 6. > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > -- > > > Jean-Louis Monteiro > > > http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro > > > http://www.tomitribe.com > > >
