On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, David Oxley wrote:
> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:52:14 +0100
> From: David Oxley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCE] Tomcat 4.0 Release Candidate 1 Available
>
> Craig,
>
> What will the state of TC4 be at release. I believe mod_webapp is not yet
> finished and the service code is also nowhere near complete. Are these
> features going to be delivered in TC4.0.1 or TC4.1, because until they're
> available I cannot (and probably many others) use TC4 in production. I don't
> mean to sound complaining, I think you guys have created the basis for a
> superb product with TC4.
>
The final choice will be up to the TOMCAT-DEV committers when presented
with the final release candidate to be voted on.
I can appreciate your concerns about the webapp connector and the service
code. However, there are undoubtedly also many users who do *not* need
these two features, but need a stable implementation of the new specs. Is
it fair to delay the entire release for these two featuers -- especially
when other alternatives are available (i.e. you can use mod_jk with Tomcat
4, and there are many "NT Service" gadgets for Java applications)?
It will be an interesting discussion to see how this plays out.
> Thanks.
> Dave.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Craig
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 10 September 2001 07:31
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Tomcat 4.0 Release Candidate 1 Available
>
> The first Release Candidate for Tomcat 4.0 is now available. Only serious
> problems will be fixed between now and final release of Tomcat 4.0,
> which is currently scheduled for September 17, 2001. A second release
> candidate, if necessary, will be distributed on Thursday, September 13.
>
> Please download this version and run your existing web applications
> against it, to help us ensure a final release that is as trouble free as
> possible. The release is available at:
>
> http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0-rc1/
>
> and bug reports should be submitted to:
>
> http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/
>
> under product category "Tomcat 4".
>
> Craig McClanahan
>