Hello, I've been reading both this and the dev list for about a month and asking/answering the more well put user questions (meaning I don't do to well on the ones that just say "Tomcat 3.x.x doesn't work on linux) and nothing else). I'd like to contribute to a tomcat, but since there are three of them I'm not horribly sure where to start. I know 4.0 is a rearchitecture and 3.2.x is basically the old architecture, and that 3.3 is probably less supported than 4.0 (in that sun will probably package 4.0 in the next major j2ee). But, that being the case (and I know I'm touching on a sore spot) what will be the lifespan of 3.3. There've been a few messages on this subject but all of them were a bit too hotheaded for me to gain the information I desired from them. I know this is somewhat of a partisan issue and the lines have been drawn, but just delving in I'd guess 3.2.x would probably not be the best place to start (even though I'm using it) as being unfamiliar with the code and it being supposidly "the worst" code of the 3, I'd probably learn it in time to see it go out of fashion (though I'm guessing, without a real idea what the planned lifespan is). I'm guessing 4.0 might be a bit hard to get into as I picture the major decisions being made in a sun boardroom somewhere in cupertino where i'd not have the time to make it to and probably wouldn't be invited anyhow... But is 3.3 going to have a long enough lifespan to make it worth my while? Is help needed there? I probably prefer to start out with bug fixes as its easier to get into "if you do this than this breaks". So some direction (preferrably without the partisan slant) would be very helpful. Thanks, Andy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com