Public bug reported: Tomcat 8.0 is going end of life on 2018-06-30, in favor of Tomcat 8.5. https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-80-eol.html https://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html
It looks like Spring Framework 5.0 is going to require Tomcat 8.5+: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/wiki/What%27s-New-in-the-Spring-Framework#whats-new-in-spring-framework-5x It also looks like Debian 9 ships with Tomcat 8.5: https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617 What is the process to get Tomcat 8.5 included with Ubuntu 17.10 or 18.04? ** Affects: tomcat8 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1712645 Title: Tomcat 8.5: Upstream Tomcat 8.0 is end of life on 30 June 2018. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat8/+bug/1712645/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs