On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 12:44 PM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 11/01/2023 11:38, Rémy Maucherat wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 12:23 PM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > <snip/> > > >> The target date for Jakarta EE 11 is Q1 2024. Given that there are no > >> Java 21 features we want to use in Tomcat 11 right now I suggest we wait > >> until we need to build Tomcat 11 with Java 21 to decide what to do. > >> Worst case, we'll need to build most branches with Java 21 and 8.5.x > >> with Java 17 until 8.5.x reaches EOL (31 March 2024). > > > > If Java 21 is the baseline, I would like to propose to drop > > tomcat-native from Tomcat 11 and replace it with Panama. This is of > > course assuming Panama is non preview in 21, and this also needs to > > wait for some time (probably until June). > > Just playing devils advocate for a second, is Java 21 going to be too > big a leap for the majority of users? Might the Tomcat community be > better with Java 17 as the minimum version for Tomcat 11? > > Personally, I am in favour of Java 21 for Tomcat 11. There is always > Tomcat 10.1x for those that don't want to / can't move to Java 21. But I > did at least want to ask the question in case my views are in the minority.
If the upgrade requirement is there for a good reason, then it helps. OTOH about Panama, branch 10.1 and 9.0 would get support (although optional, in some way that has yet to be determined), tomcat-native will be supported there as well anyway, so staying with Java 17 is ok too. The main difference is that moving to Java 21 faster would likely shorten the support period for tomcat-native by one release cycle, which would be nice. Rémy > > Mark > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
