Yes, I think it's logical to require Tomcat 6 or above in DSpace 4, for all the reasons you mention. I doubt there are many users on Tomcat 5.5 anymore (most OS package managers have Tomcat 6 or 7). Even if they did, we can recommend a Tomcat upgrade alongside their next DSpace upgrade.
- Tim On 6/7/2013 1:14 PM, Mark H. Wood wrote: > Java EE 7 is released. Tomcat 8 will therefor be coming along > sometime soon. Meaning that Tomcat 5.5 will reach EOL soon.* And (my > ulterior motive) I need a ServletContext method that was introduced in > servlet-api 2.5, while Tomcat 5.5 provides servlet-api 2.4. > > My selfish wishes aside, is it coming time to require a minimum of > Tomcat 6.0? > > ---------------- > * Tomcat supports the latest major version and two prior, which will > soon mean 6, 7, 8. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: > 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations > 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services > 3. A single system of record for all IT processes > http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j _______________________________________________ Dspace-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel
