RE: Tomcat 6.0 requires JRE 5.0 issue

[Elizabeth Gorkic]

Thank you!
 
 Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:28:52 -0500
 From: ma...@apache.org
 To: users@tomcat.apache.org
 Subject: Re: Tomcat 6.0 requires JRE 5.0 issue
 
 Caldarale, Charles R wrote:
  From: Elizabeth Gorkic [mailto:egor...@hotmail.com]
  Subject: Tomcat 6.0 requires JRE 5.0 issue
 
  When you open http://apache.crihan.fr/dist/tomcat/tomcat-6/
  v6.0.20/README.html , you get this message:
 
  Tomcat 6.0 requires JRE 5.0. Read the RELEASE-NOTES and the RUNNING.txt
  file in the distribution for more details.
  
  It's not at all clear where this README.html file comes from.
 
 It originates from the ASF server that feeds the mirror system.
 
  Rely on what's in the Tomcat downloads, which say Java SE 5 or later.
 
 +1. I have updated README.html for Tomcat 6.0.20 onwards which should get used
 for future versions. The updated file should make it out to the mirror system 
 in
 the next 24 hours or so.
 
 Mark
 
 
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Tomcat 6.0 requires JRE 5.0 issue

[Elizabeth Gorkic]

Hi, does anyone know what the 'official' Apache explanation is for the 
contradictory information in Tomcat 6 README and RELEASE-NOTES:
 
When you open http://apache.crihan.fr/dist/tomcat/tomcat-6/v6.0.20/README.html 
, you get this message:
 
Tomcat 6.0 requires JRE 5.0. Read the RELEASE-NOTES and the RUNNING.txt file in 
the distribution for more details.
 
If you open RELEASE-NOTES you will see=== Dependency Changes: 
=== 
Tomcat 6.0 is designed to run on JSE 5.0 and later
 
From the Release Notes I gather that I can use Java 6 (which is what a lot of 
developers do, so I know it works).  But, what does “Tomcat 6.0 requires JRE 
5.0” imply?  That Tomcat 6 will only be supported with Java 5, but one can run 
it on Java 6 at their own risk?  I mean, if I have a Tomcat problem while 
running Java 6, will my bug be considered for fixing?  
 
 Should the warning be removed from the site?  If yes, how do we make that 
happen?
 
My company has a policy to deploy only officially supported platforms, and I 
can’t move to Java 6 with Tomcat while “Tomcat 6.0 requires JRE 5.0” is there.  
 
Thank you for your help, Eliot
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