чт, 15 июн. 2023 г. в 12:32, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>: > > [...] > > Given the above, I think we can safely: > > - plan to stop providing 32-bit Windows builds after 2025-10-14 > > - remove 32-bit Windows builds from Tomcat 11 > > Given that the only remaining supported 32-bit Windows operating system > is a consumer one (the last Windows server OS to support 32-bit was > Sever 2008) do we want to drop 32-bit support from any other products > and/or versions? I'm thinking about Tomcat Native, Connectors (mod_jk & > ISAPI redirector), and the earlier Tomcat versions. > > Personally, I'm leaning towards not making any further changes until > after 2025-10-14 but what does everyone else think? > > Thoughts?
Regarding 32-bit Java on Windows, my experience is 1. I still have Java 7 (32-bit) installed, and I use it to test Tomcat 8.5. I do not know about any 64-bit versions of Java 7 being available. I plan to uninstall it once Tomcat 8.5 reaches EOL. 2. I have 32-bit Java 8 (provided by Temurin) installed, for the sake of occasionally running some legacy software. (Software that is based on old 32-bit versions of Eclipse RCP platform. That platform has native components in it (SWT). Thus it is tied to a specific processor architecture). I occasionally use this 32-bit Java 8 to test Tomcat 9. I remember fixing some tests that did not pass with memory limitations of a 32-bit JRE. I do not run Tomcat 9 on 32-bit Java for any business purpose. 3. I do not use 32-bit Java 11, though I know that it is available from Temurin. I never tested Tomcat 10.1 with it. 4. I wonder about the Windows 10 EOL date. I know some places that still use Windows XP. (It is hard to upgrade the OS on existing legacy hardware.) Thus 1. I think that providing 32-bit Windows support for Tomcat 9 (and Tomcat Native 1.2.x) has a value, as long as it continues to run on Java 8. We may reconsider if some Tomcat 9.y.x version will require a later version of Java. 2. I wonder about Tomcat 10.1 and Java 11. As a starter, we may stop publishing "apache-tomcat-10.1.x-windows-x86.zip" archives and see if anyone cares. 3. I am +1 for removing 32-bit support from Tomcat 11 onwards. Best regards, Konstantin Kolinko --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
