On 15/06/2023 12:27, Konstantin Kolinko wrote:
чт, 15 июн. 2023 г. в 12:32, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>:
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Given the above, I think we can safely:
- plan to stop providing 32-bit Windows builds after 2025-10-14
- remove 32-bit Windows builds from Tomcat 11
Given that the only remaining supported 32-bit Windows operating system
is a consumer one (the last Windows server OS to support 32-bit was
Sever 2008) do we want to drop 32-bit support from any other products
and/or versions? I'm thinking about Tomcat Native, Connectors (mod_jk &
ISAPI redirector), and the earlier Tomcat versions.
Personally, I'm leaning towards not making any further changes until
after 2025-10-14 but what does everyone else think?
Thoughts?
Regarding 32-bit Java on Windows, my experience is
1. I still have Java 7 (32-bit) installed, and I use it to test Tomcat 8.5.
I do not know about any 64-bit versions of Java 7 being available.
I plan to uninstall it once Tomcat 8.5 reaches EOL.
2. I have 32-bit Java 8 (provided by Temurin) installed, for the sake
of occasionally running some legacy software.
(Software that is based on old 32-bit versions of Eclipse RCP
platform. That platform has native components in it (SWT). Thus it is
tied to a specific processor architecture).
I occasionally use this 32-bit Java 8 to test Tomcat 9. I remember
fixing some tests that did not pass with memory limitations of a
32-bit JRE.
I do not run Tomcat 9 on 32-bit Java for any business purpose.
3. I do not use 32-bit Java 11, though I know that it is available from Temurin.
I never tested Tomcat 10.1 with it.
4. I wonder about the Windows 10 EOL date. I know some places that
still use Windows XP.
(It is hard to upgrade the OS on existing legacy hardware.)
Thus
1. I think that providing 32-bit Windows support for Tomcat 9 (and
Tomcat Native 1.2.x) has a value, as long as it continues to run on
Java 8.
We may reconsider if some Tomcat 9.y.x version will require a later
version of Java.
2. I wonder about Tomcat 10.1 and Java 11.
As a starter, we may stop publishing
"apache-tomcat-10.1.x-windows-x86.zip" archives and see if anyone
cares.
3. I am +1 for removing 32-bit support from Tomcat 11 onwards.
I think we have consensus for this last point so I'll start working on that.
One thing we could do is check the download stats for the x86 releases.
I'll look into that before doing anything else.
Mark
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