I agree with Hassan, our reasons to use the tar.gz install method :
* in most serious Tomcat environments you need more control over the installation and configuration than the distro managed version offers. * most distro's (especially RHEL) are lagging behind, so you don't get the latest stuff you need * we also keep an eye on this list and the tomcat website for updates, and for security patching we use some sort of subscription service from McAfee, so that should tell us if there are any security patches that need to be applied quickly. * it is usable and the same for all platforms we use * makes the separation of duty easier with our Linux administrators, at least I am sure I don't get unsolicited updates to my tomcat installations when they run an update on every package on every linux box * we run multiple Tomcat instances on the same OS image, that is not what the disto is facilitating * better open source support But the distro packaged version could be very usable for the masses and non-pro use. my two cents.... regards, Harry 2010/5/20 Dale Ogilvie <dale.ogil...@trimble.co.nz> > Hi, > > The current release is 6.0.26, March 2010. > > RHEL5.x is running with Tomcat 5.5. > > Fedora 12 is on 6.0.20, June 2009 vintage. > > Ubuntu 10.04 is on 6.0.24 from Jan 2010. > > Ideally, the equivalent of a "yum update" would track tomcat releases so > that soon after a tomcat release the tomcat6 package would move to the > next minor release. Does this happen for any distro out there? > > What do people do to keep their tomcat patched up? > > Thanks > > Dale > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
