Hi Martin, On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Martin Cooper wrote:
> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:05:17 -0700 > From: Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Confused about Tomcat version numbering > > I was trying to figure out which Tomcat 4.1.x I should be downloading, and I > got myself totally confused about how the versions are numbered. > > Looking here: > > http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/ > > I find that 'release' contains v4.1.9-beta, 'nightly' contains nothing at > all, and 'archive' contains the following versions: > > v4.1.0-alpha > v4.1.2-alpha > v4.1.3-beta > v4.1.5 > v4.1.6 > v4.1.7-beta > v4.1.8-beta > > This leaves me flummoxed. I see no evidence of a 4.1 release at all, only > follow-ons to 4.1, which I assume are patch releases, and mostly unfinished > ones at that. > > >From the above list, the most recent stable version of the 4.1.x line would > appear to be 4.1.6. Is this correct? If not, could someone tell me which one > I want, and, preferably, explain the numbering system for me? > Tomcat 4.1 is using the same release philosphy as the Apache HTTPD server (and several other Apache projects) -- 4.1.x releases are milestones that are released and *then* voted on as to quality. Milestones with showstopper bugs are abandoned; no 4.1 release has yet been voted as "general availablility", although 4.1.9 is looking pretty solid. For comparison, it took 35 dot releases (and over two years) to get to a general availability release of Apache 2.0. It shouldn't take that long for Tomcat 4.1 (especially since it's primarily an incremental release off the 4.0 codebase, rather than being a majorly new thing). I'd bet we are not too far away from GA quality on 4.1, but you know how open source works ... > Also, on the web site, I see mention of Tomcat 5.0.x, not yet released. > Where would I find the code base for the ongoing development of that > version? Right now, it's just what you can build from CVS. There's a "BUILDING.txt" document in "jakarta-tomcat-5" that outlines all of the dependencies. Nobody has had time to get nightly builds started yet. > > Thanks! > > -- > Martin Cooper Craig -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
