On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 5:36 PM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:

> On 11/12/2020 16:24, Michael Osipov wrote:
> > Am 2020-12-10 um 15:07 schrieb ma...@apache.org:
> >> + * @deprecated  The scope of the APR/Native Library will be reduced
> >> in Tomcat
> >> + *              10.1.x / Tomcat Native 2.x onwards to only include
> those
> >> + *              components required to provide OpenSSL integration
> >> with the NIO
> >> + *              and NIO2 connectors.
> >
> > I think there should *not* be a Tomcat Native 2.x for the following
> > reasons:
> >
> > * It has been mentioned numerous times that Tomcat Native is a bad name
> > without a good meaning
> > * > 50 % of the essential parts of Tomcat Native will be gone. It won't
> > be Tomcat Native anymore as previously.
> > * Since the APR connector is deprecated, de facto, it does not logically
> > make sense to evolve Tomcat Native to a new major version. Just
> > counter-intuitive.
> >
> > My counter proposal is to split Tomcat Native, phase it out and
> > introduce Tomcat OpenSSL (Bridge) (libtcopenssl.so) or similar. The name
> > should clearly say what it does.
>
> Using a new name is already one of the options. That possibility was
> mentioned in one of these threads about a week ago.
>
> > You won't going to continue the APRLifecycleListener, will you?
>
> There will almost certainly need to be something like it. I had imagined
> it would get a new name but hadn't given much though to what that name
> should be.
>
> > WDYT?
>
> We need to be careful when we use other organisation's trademarks in our
> product names. Some like:
>
> Apache Tomcat Bridge to OpenSSL
>
> would be fine. The other option is to give it an entirely new name.
>
> Apache Tomcat Phoenix
>
> for example. (I haven't done any checks on that name. It may be
> completely unsuitable - it is just an example).
>

I'm not sure this native code will stay for that long (replaced with
integrated Java code possibly), so I'm not convinced a name is needed. ->
modules/openssl ?

Rémy


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