Hi, I agree with Jess, this is the wrong direction in principle. We're encouraging users to stick with 4.1.x if we do this release.
Normally we have just an informal "if everyone is OK with this, I'd like to push out release X on this day" and then a vote on labeling it as stable. The latter being the only official vote. But in this case, I'd want to have a more general vote of should we have 4.1.x maintenance releases, given the reasons stated earlier in this thread. If we have such a vote, and if it passes, and if you decide to go ahead with this release, then you will probably assume responsibility for bugs filed against 4.1.x. This is of course unofficial, but nonetheless this type of arrangement exists with Tomcat 3.3.x. None of us care much for the 4.1.x issues now, except that Mark moved the relevant Connector-related issues from 4.1.x to 5.0.x so that they don't get dropped. This type of move, which I didn't like originally, should definitely be stopped if 4.1.x is still in active development as indicated by regular releases. Man this is a bummer going into the weekend ;) Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Jess Holle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 12:15 PM >To: Tomcat Developers List >Subject: Re: Where's 4.1.31? > >Keith Wannamaker wrote: > >>Hi Jess, in our case we don't have the resources at this point in >>time to certify our product with a completely new code base. >> >> >Hmmm... As someone who distributes Tomcat 4.1.x and 5.0.x to a broad >customer base I see Tomcat 5.0.x certification as a 100% necessity for >the future/present and see the incremental effort of verifying a new >4.1.x release as wasted when it could be focused on a 5.0.x verification >against past and current releases of our own product. > >Then again I believe I have a pretty good record of all changes that >were required to our product for Tomcat 5 for future releases that could >be backed into previous ones... > >>I'm sure different people have different reasons. >> >> >Yes, I echo Yoav's sentiment, though that the community needs to focus >on 5.0.x and beyond and really help push mindshare away from 3.x and 4.x >releases. > >-- >Jess Holle > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
