On 19 March 2010 09:12, Daniel Plappert <plapp...@denkformat.de> wrote:
> I am not sure which version to use. As a developer I want to use the new > version 6.0.26, but unfortunately it's not part of the debian packaging > management system. They only support the 5.5.28 version with the remark, > that this version is more secure and tested than 6.0. Is that true? > Because Tomcat 6.0 has a better memory usage and supports the new JSP > and Servlet spec. I want to upgrade. But, as I mentioned before, this > version is not part of the debian system (not now) and I've to install > the new version 6.0.26 outside the packaging management system and I > also have to update this tomcat version myself. Are there any reasonable > reasons not to use the new version of tomcat? Tomcat is very easy to install and upgrade outside of your distribution's package management system and the general recommendation on this list is that this is the way it should be installed. Certainly doing it that way will make life easier if you ask for help on this list and avoid you being told to install a 'proper Tomcat'. > Has anyone experienced a > performance difference between 5.5 and 6.0? And for production usage, > which version is better? This depends on your definition but most people would probably consider version 6 to be 'better' as it contains the improvements described at:- http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html -- Phil. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
