Re: Tomcat 8.0 EOL has announced. When EOL of 8.5 is expected?

2018-06-05 Thread Ignat Alexeyenko
Hi Mark!

Thanks for the quick and detailed response - that makes things much easier
to plan on our end.

Cheers,
Ignat Alexeyenko
Atlassian

On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 5:32 PM, Mark Thomas  wrote:

> On 05/06/18 14:58, Ignat Alexeyenko wrote:
> > Hello, everyone!
> >
> > Just found out today that Tomcat 8.0 reaches end of life this months.
> Could
> > you please advice on approximate timeframe for how long 8.5 version is
> > going to be supported, so we could plan our upgrades.
>
> There is currently no planned EOL date for 8.5.x.
>
> The Tomcat community currently supports (at least) 3 versions in
> parallel. As of 1 July 2018 those versions will be:
> 7.0.x
> 8.5.x
> 9.0.x
>
> We have also stated that we will give at least 12 months notice of the
> EOL of any release line.
>
> EOL for 7.0.x will depend on the timescales for Tomcat 10.
>
> Major Tomcat versions have been aligned with releases of the Java EE
> specification. With the move of Java EE to Jakarta EE at the Eclipse
> Foundation, the future plans and timescales for all components are
> uncertain.
>
> My best guess at this point is that major versions of Tomcat will follow
> releases of the Servlet specification. There is currently no timescale
> for the next release of the Servlet specification. December 2018 has
> been mentioned as a tentative date for the next release but the schedule
> that was part of has already slipped so it looks unlikely.
>
> At this point I don't see EOL for Tomcat 7.0.x being announced before 31
> December 2018 meaning EOL for 7.0.x would not be until at least 31
> December 2019. Those are the earliest possible dates. A slip of at least
> 6 to 12 months would not surprise me.
>
> At this point, dates for 8.5.x EOL are impossible to predict with any
> more accuracy than "several years" after 7.0.x EOL.
>
> Mark
>
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Re: Tomcat 8.0 EOL has announced. When EOL of 8.5 is expected?

2018-06-05 Thread Mark Thomas
On 05/06/18 14:58, Ignat Alexeyenko wrote:
> Hello, everyone!
> 
> Just found out today that Tomcat 8.0 reaches end of life this months. Could
> you please advice on approximate timeframe for how long 8.5 version is
> going to be supported, so we could plan our upgrades.

There is currently no planned EOL date for 8.5.x.

The Tomcat community currently supports (at least) 3 versions in
parallel. As of 1 July 2018 those versions will be:
7.0.x
8.5.x
9.0.x

We have also stated that we will give at least 12 months notice of the
EOL of any release line.

EOL for 7.0.x will depend on the timescales for Tomcat 10.

Major Tomcat versions have been aligned with releases of the Java EE
specification. With the move of Java EE to Jakarta EE at the Eclipse
Foundation, the future plans and timescales for all components are
uncertain.

My best guess at this point is that major versions of Tomcat will follow
releases of the Servlet specification. There is currently no timescale
for the next release of the Servlet specification. December 2018 has
been mentioned as a tentative date for the next release but the schedule
that was part of has already slipped so it looks unlikely.

At this point I don't see EOL for Tomcat 7.0.x being announced before 31
December 2018 meaning EOL for 7.0.x would not be until at least 31
December 2019. Those are the earliest possible dates. A slip of at least
6 to 12 months would not surprise me.

At this point, dates for 8.5.x EOL are impossible to predict with any
more accuracy than "several years" after 7.0.x EOL.

Mark

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Tomcat 8.0 EOL has announced. When EOL of 8.5 is expected?

2018-06-05 Thread Ignat Alexeyenko
Hello, everyone!

Just found out today that Tomcat 8.0 reaches end of life this months. Could
you please advice on approximate timeframe for how long 8.5 version is
going to be supported, so we could plan our upgrades.

Thanks!

P.S.: I wasn't able to find the question on the website, so a minor
suggestion from me is to update the docs to have the info.

Cheers,
Ignat Alexeyenko
Atlassian