On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 12:31 PM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 07/05/2019 08:05, Rémy Maucherat wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Background information: > > https://eclipse-foundation.blog/2019/05/03/jakarta-ee-java-trademarks/ > > > > So this is obviously a large breaking change. While there are plenty of > > options, there is a simple one too: > > - Maintain a Tomcat 9.x "forever" with Servlet 4.0. As a result, all the > > APIs in Tomcat 9 can remain javax.* and users with "old" applications > will > > still have an up to date fully compatible container for them. > > - Have a Tomcat 10 with all API packages renamed to jakarta.*, which > would > > provide a container for users who want to move to the new "incompatible" > > Jakarta specifications. > > > > This way, there's an appropriate container for everyone. Mark Struberg > > proposed more elaborate strategies using classloader tricks on the ASF > > members list, but I'm not sure this is even needed for Tomcat. > > > > Overall, the impact for Tomcat seems rather minimal given the maturity of > > Tomcat and its expected support lifecycle for 9.x. > > > > Comments ? > > I think it is good we are thinking about options but too early to settle > on any one solution. The solution we adopt is going to be largely > dependent on what the API projects at Eclipse decide to do. > > Rather than announcing a solution, how about we announce that we will > I agree, it is too early to decide and announce. Still, discussion is fine (IMO) and unless the announced Jakarta change ends up not happening. We'll indeed see what happens at Jakarta. > continue to support the javax.* APIS (Servlet 4.0, JSP 2.3, EL 3.0, > WebSocket 1.1 and JASPIC 1.1) until at least 31 Dec 2030*. Note: that > means supporting all the older versions of those specs as well. Exactly > how we do that is TBD. Extending Tomcat 9 support to the end of 2030 is > just one possible option. > +1, I was also thinking about "2030 at least" when I wrote "forever" because it makes for a nice impressive announcement ! > > Mark > > * Insert date of choice here. I picked first Tomcat 9 release + 10 years > for typical support period + 5 years extension and rounded to the end of > the year. > Rémy
