For some time now we have always said we will maintain three current Tomcat versions in parallel. As we start to think about milestone releases of Tomcat 9 soon (stable is unlikely to be until later next year due to the Java EE 8 timescales) I think now would be a good time to think about when to EOL 6.0.x.
The other factor to keep in mind is that we have (since at least 5.5.x) given 12 months notice of any EOL dates. With the above in mind, what do folks think to the following EOL options? In all cases we announce the date as soon as we are happy with it. Option 1: Tomcat 6.0.x EOL as of 30 June 2016 Option 2: Tomcat 6.0.x EOL as of 31 December 2016 The rational for option 1 is that with a 9.0.x milestone release happening soon we need to EOL 6.0.x ASAP otherwise we'll end up potentially supporting 4 concurrent versions. For option 2, the thinking is that with the earliest date for a stable 9.0.x in the second half of next year, the end of next year we won't really be supporting 9.0.x until then (it is very unlikely that 9.0.x/trunk and trunk will separate before then) so the end of next year is a reasonable time frame to work with. I'm currently leaning towards option 2. Thoughts --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
