On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 5:28 AM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I don't think there is a need to make a decision on this quickly, but > based on past experience and the current discussions about Jakarta EE 11 > I think this is something we need to start thinking about. > > Some key facts: > > - Tomcat 7.0.x reached EOL on 31 March 2021 > - EOL dates for major versions tend to be 3-4 years apart > - We aim to support 3 major versions in parallel - currently 8.5.x, > 9.0.x and 10.1.x. > - Tomcat 11 will implement Jakarta EE 11 > - Current Jakarta EE discussions are around a release in ~1 year > - Ideally, Tomcat 8.5.x EOL would be just after Tomcat 11 is declared > stable > > Based on the above I think EOL for 8.5.x should be either 31 March 2024 > or 30 Sept 2024 depending on when we think Jakarta EE 11 will be released. > > Jakarta EE releases have tendency to slip so I think the 30 Sept 2024 is > probably the more likely. However, it is much easier to delay an EOL > date than to bring to bring it forward so my current thinking is to > announce 31 March 2024 as the EOL date for 8.5.x and keep in mind that > we can extend that if we want to. > > Thoughts? >
+1 for 31 March 2024.
