On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12/02/2026 22:52, Christopher Schultz wrote: > > All, > > > > I have a proposed End of Support announcement. > > > > (I find that turn of phrase odd; I always read EOL although maybe that > > term is being phased out?) > > > > Comments welcome. > > Having read the announcement, I'm now not sure of the right way to > handle this. > > We did have an announcement for 1.1.x but didn't for 1.2.x although the > circumstances look to be similar. That is probably on me.
We're allowed to help and make sure everything is done properly, so I would say this is on us ;) > I think I'd lean more towards approach of: > - the last 1.2.x release was more than 2 years ago > - we should have announced EoS for 1.2.x when 1.3.x was released (more > than a year ago) > - there are no plans for any further 1.2.x releases > - 1.2.x is effectively EoS now > > Not sure I'd state this on the users list but if someone can come up > with a *really* good argument why they can't just upgrade to 1.3.x (and > because we depend on a very old, unsupported version of OpenSSL is NOT a > good argument) then I'd consider a 1.2.x release. Thinking about it, it > would likely end up being so similar to 1.3.x that they might as well > just use 1.3.x. Which I guess means I'd consider and then say no so... > > Which brings me back to some variation of stating "1.2.x is already EoS > - sorry for no advance notice but no releases for 2+ years should have > been a hint". +1 Usually when we have a new minor version, the support for the previous one ends, but usually we do make a real announcement. Rémy > Mark > > > > > > -chris > > > > === CUT === > > The Apache Tomcat Team announces that support for Apache Tomcat Native > > 1.2.x will end on 31 March 2027. > > > > [[ I decided to use the same date as 1.3 to avoid confusion. ]] > > > > This means that after 31 March 2027: > > - releases from the 1.2.x branch are highly unlikely > > - bugs affecting only the 1.2.x branch will not be addressed > > - security vulnerability reports will not be checked against the 1.2.x > > branch > > - Apache Tomcat releases after this date will require 2.0.x as a > > minimum > > > > Three months later (i.e. after 30 June 2027) > > - the 1.2.x download pages will be removed > > - the latest 1.2.x release will be removed from the mirror system > > - the links to the 1.2.x documentation will be removed from > > tomcat.apache.org > > > > Please also note the following additional information: > > > > Tomcat Native 1.2.x had already effectively reached End of Support with > > the release of Tomcat Native 1.3.0 on 2024-02-12. All users were > > expected to transition from 1.2.x to 1.3.x at that time, and we should > > have announced our End of Support date as 2025-02-12 when 1.3.0 was > > released. We apologize for that oversight. > > > > Tomcat 10.1.x onward requires a minimum of Tomcat Native 2.0.x and are > > therefore unaffected by this notice. > > > > Tomcat 9.0.x will also reach end of life on 31 March 2027 and is > > therefore unaffected by this notice. Recent versions of Tomcat 9.0.x > > require Tomcat Native 1.3.x at a minimum. > > > > All 1.2.x releases will always be available from the archive. > > > > === CUT === > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
