I really hate comments like this. I'm glad you have plenty of free time to upgrade to 5.x. When Tomcat 5.x was released, I was already midstream in replacing IIS/ASP with Tomcat 4.1 and I'm happy to be able to do just that. Now we're focusing on business needs and less on upgrading something that is already 100% more stable and less buggy than IIS.
So right now from a business perspective, upgrading because it's there is not a reason to upgrade. If I perceive that 4.x is slow for my application, then I have a reason to upgrade. If I need the new listeners, status monitor, or other enhancements, then I will consider an upgrade. This is about filling a need, which 4.x does for me right now. 5.x would fill that need as well (probably improved performance - I'll need to test it) but offers nothing that I must have right now. Am I concerned about performance? Yes. Is the current 4.1 performance bad? No. There are nice-to-haves, but not enough to trump my current workload. Nothing against 5.x, but it's not a priority for me yet. I'm impartial about another 4.1 release(no problems for me), and I don't expect it to be supported forever, however I get annoyed by people assuming that I have already implemented a newer version without realizing the potential effort required. We'll get there as time allows or requirements demand but not just because it's available. Charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: Jess Holle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 12:16 PM > To: Tomcat Developers List > Subject: Re: Where's 4.1.31? > > Cox, Charlie wrote: > > >Because a 4.1.x upgrade is not an api change. There is much more testing > >involved in upgrading to a new major version than a point release. The > >problem is finding the time to review the (possible)effects of 5.x on your > >installation and all your applications when you could roll out a point > >release with much less effort. > > > > > Unless your app is not moving into the future this should have already > been done with 5.x by this point (just possibly not yet deployed) -- right? > > -- > Jess Holle > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
