I'm thinking that as of version 7, we should recommend and use Tomcat 5.5.x for 
all development/installations.

Reasons:
* Tomcat 5.5 works with both JDK 1.5 and 1.4.  For 1.4 you have to download an 
additional "Compat.zip" file.  (I haven't tried this yet, but I will Real Soon 
Now.)
* Quoting the Apache home page: "Apache Tomcat 5.5 is the current focus of 
development. While it supports the same Servlet and JSP Specification versions 
as Apache Tomcat 5.0.x, there are significant changes in many areas under the 
hood, resulting in improved performance, stability, and total cost of 
ownership."
* If we ask everyone to use Tomcat 5.5.x, we have less variability in the 
deployment environment and (hopefully) less bugs to diagnose.

Thoughts?

Cheers,
Philip

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