On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 2:25 PM Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote: > > Rémy, > > On 2/23/24 08:35, Rémy Maucherat wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to propose backporting the OpenSSL FFM support to Tomcat 10.1. > > > > Java 22.0.0 should be released on March 19, and the next Java LTS > > should still have no problem targeting Java 11. As a result, there > > should be no negative impact to the platform support, and users > > running on Java 22+ could benefit from easier OpenSSL support. > > > > Obviously I anticipate most users will use FFM support once the next > > Java LTS is out in a few years, but getting the feature out now would > > still be good. > > > > After the change: > > - Compiling, running the testsuite, etc is still doable with Java 17. > > - Running Tomcat 10.1 still works with Java 11. > > - Building a Tomcat 10.1 release would now require Java 22+. > > > > Backporting further to Tomcat 9.0 could be riskier however. Following > > the removal of the Java 7 release target, Java 8 might be next. The > > main question is if the next Java LTS will still support the Java 8 > > release target. > > > > Comments ? > > I'm not sure why, but I find it annoying that you can't build some > Tomcat releases with the versions on which they are intended to run.
I understand that. Since Tomcat 11 now runs on 17 and will be built on 22+, there's also a big gap there and it's really annoying ... So it's your decision at this point since you're the one building: should I backport it or not ? > It's too bad the FFM stuff didn't land until Java 19. 22. The functionality is very beneficial, but being so late makes it far less useful. Rémy > -chris > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
