Hi everyone,
I have recently realized that Tomcat does not follow Semantic
Versioning, and even minor upgrades can break existing setups.
Most users today expect Semantic Versioning, which specifies the
following (from [1]):
Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:
1. MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes,
2. MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible
manner, and
3. PATCH version when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes.
Additional labels for pre-release and build metadata are available as
extensions to the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format.
I think that it's important to adopt such a policy, so that minor
updates are easier to do, e.g. updating only the /lib directory without
worrying about the /bin or other directories.
[1] http://semver.org/
Thank you,
Igal Sapir
Lucee Core Developer
Lucee.org <http://lucee.org/>
