Thank you Mark :) On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 17/11/2015 05:23, Nikitha Benny wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am not sure as to where to post this question, so I am posting it here. > > > > Please let me know the End of Support (EOS) dates for: > > > > Apache Tomcat version 7.0.62 > > Apache Tomcat version 7.0.65 > > > > Apache Tomcat version 8.0.23 > > Apache Tomcat version 8.0.28 > > Tomcat support doesn't work that way. > > We provide end of support dates for major releases (6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x). > > We aim to keep at three major versions supported at any one time. > > Currently, End of life has been announced as 31 Dec 2016 for 6.x. [1] > > Major releases of Tomcat are driven by releases of the JavaEE > specifications. Based on the frequency of those releases, my best guess > at end of live for 7.0.x is 2020 and 8.0.x is 2024 but those could > easily be wrong by a year or more. > > We always give at least 12 months (usually more) notice when announcing > end of life. > > Within a major version we only ever provide a new release. We do not > provide patches. If you have an issue with a version from a supported > branch folks here will try to help but if you need a fix then you will > have to upgrade to get it. > > All the releases above are, therefore, supported but if you hit an issue > that requires a code fix you will be required to upgrade to the latest > 7.0.x / 8.0.x in order to obtain the fix. > > Mark > > > [1] http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-60-eol.html > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
