As a general rule of thumb, version X.0 always has some problem. You have to wait till version X.1 or X.2 to have most of the bugs fixed.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Gibby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 03:06 PM Subject: Re: Tomcat 4.1.29 versus Tomcat 5 > Sorry about that last reply that had no message body.. > Anyway, what about reliability, do you people who use the later versions > of 5.0.x find it as reliable as 4.1.x? > > Thanks, > > Daniel Gibby > > Remy Maucherat wrote: > > > Daniel Gibby wrote: > > > >> Does anyone have a synopsis of reasons to move to or not to move to > >> Tomcat 5 from tomcat 4? > >> > >> I've seen various reasons that moving will be beneficial, including > >> better session-replication support, and manager application > >> improvements, but how does 5.0 stand up as far as reliability is > >> concerned? I'm usually a little gun-shy at upgrading to anything > >> until most of the bugs are worked out. It could cost me thousands of > >> dollars a day to have my web apps be down. > > > > > > First, you have to make sure your webapps run. You never know. > > > > Then, TC 5 vs 4.1.29: > > - is faster and generally more optimized > > - has nice server monitoring > > - has plenty of cleanups and small refactorings, to fix some of the > > more complex 4.1.x bugs > > - has JSP 2.0 (you may not care, but JSPs are actually nice now) > > > > Note: 4.1.29 and 5.0.16 use the same connectors, so reliability of the > > HTTP (or AJP) handling will be identical. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
