Robert,
On 10/18/19 11:46, Robert Hicks wrote:
Thanks!
Further, releases of the servlet spec seem to be published approximately
every 4 years in recent memory[1]. Tomcat 9 implements spec version 4.0,
released in Sept 2017. If that version is superseded twice and history
is a guide, then version 6.0 of the spec will be released sometime in 2025.
At that point, Tomcat 11 will be the new state-of-the-art, but Tomcat 9
will still be supported, along with Tomcat 10 as well. When servlet 7.0
is announced (2029), we'll probably start looking for an EOL schedule
for Tomcat 9, which will be at least 12 months away from the publication
of servlet 7.0.
So Tomcat 9 is looking good for aother 10 years at this point.
No promises :)
-chris
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_servlet#History
On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 11:41 AM Olaf Kock <tom...@olafkock.de> wrote:
On 18.10.19 17:25, Robert Hicks wrote:
Management is asking me if there is an end of life for Tomcat 9
reported. I
don't see anything on the tomcat web site.
Mark recently answered this to a the same question for Tomcat 8.5:
There is no official date.
The Tomcat project maintains 3 major versions in parallel. Currently
these are:
- 9.0.x
- 8.5.x
- 7.0.x
We always provide at least 12 months notice of EOL.
Major releases are aligned with releases of the Servlet specification.
The current timetable for the next Servlet spec is TBD.
We haven't even announced EOL for 7.0.x yet so you have:
- x years until Tomcat 10 / Servlet 4.next is released
- 1 year for 7.0.x EOL
- y years until Tomcat 11 / Servlet 4.next+1 is released
- 1 year for 8.5.x EOL
Taking low estimates for x and y of 1 and 2 respectively, you have at
least 5 years before 8.5.x is EOL.
Take that figure as an "Engineering Estimate". Also known as a "wild
guess".
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