On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 21/09/17 10:35, Inderjeet Banwait wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > > > Java EE 8 is already released .Can we expect a stable release by the end > of September 2017? > > Servlet 4.0 was released on 5 September 2017. > Java EE 8 platform was released on 18 September 2017. > > It would have been helpful if Oracle had mentioned either of those > releases to the Servlet EG members. > > I've taken a very quick look and the relevant specifications for Tomcat > are: > - Java 8 (complete) > - Servlet 4.0 (should be complete but need to check for last minute > changes) > - JSP 2.3 (no change from Java EE 7 / Tomcat 8.x) > - EL 3.0 (no change from Java EE 7 / Tomcat 8.x) > - WebSocket 1.1 (no change from Tomcat 8.x) > - JASPIC 1.1 (no change from Java EE 7 / Tomcat 8.x) > > > The Tomcat team is a little busy elsewhere at the moment. A stable > Tomcat 9 release in September is highly unlikely. > > Releases are typically on a monthly basis with the process starting at > the beginning of the month. The September releases are complete for > 9.0.x and 8.5.x and would have been announced if it wasn't for > CVE-2017-12617. > Since we'll revote, we could include the option to vote the new 9.0 build as beta. Since it's very close to 8.5, I don't see any problem with that. Rémy > > Assuming that there have been no / trivial changes to the Servlet API > since the EG last saw it, I'd expect the October release to be either > beta or stable depending on how the community votes. If it is beta, the > community will consider whether to change that to stable for each > subsequent release until we have a first stable release. My personal > view is that we could get to a stable release pretty quickly. But I am > only one voice and this is a decision that the community makes. > > Mark > > > > > > > Thanks, > > Inderjeet > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Thomas [mailto:ma...@apache.org] > > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 1:58 PM > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: Re: Need help on Tomcat 9.0.x release > > > > On 21/09/17 08:57, Inderjeet Banwait wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >> > >> We are Oracle Knowledge team from Oracle and want to upgrade our > product to support Tomcat 9.0.x but as per the version pages from Tomcat > wiki it is not stable. > >> > >> We want to know when we can have a stable Tomcat 9.0.x release? > > > > Shortly after Oracle release Java EE 8. > > > > Mark > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
