Hi Craig,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > Frankly, I am disappointed in the development process of
> Tomcat. I posted a
> > simple documentation patch (See bug report 528) two weeks ago
> for the FAQ
> > included with the Tomcat 3.x and posted a couple messages about it. I
> > haven't heard a thing about it and saw the release of 3.2.1 come and go
> > without the documentation fix.
> >
>
> The reason this occurred is that a significant security bug was found,
> warranting an *immediate* 3.2.1 release that bypassed the usual
> testing cycle
> that a beta should go through. This wasn't the only thing that
> didn't make it
> -- but security issues are serious and need to be dealt with.
I understand why it didn't get through when I re-mentioned it right before
the release, that is completely understandable. The problem as I see it is
that the bug report was in BugRat for a week (in addition to a normal post
to tomcat-dev) before Tomcat 3.2.1 was released; plenty of time IMHO for
such a simple documentation patch to be committed.
> Normal processing of bug fixes and patches on the "tomcat_32" tree is now
> feasible for a 3.2.2 release.
>
> Hint: I am not the only committer on this project -- others are
> welcome to help
> integrate changes too.
Right, I'm not about you specifically, Craig (I think you're doing good work
on the 4.x tree and are usually very responsive on the tomcat-user/dev
lists), but I really would have expected one of the committers to pick up
the patch. I would just hate to see someone else pound their head against a
wall for a few hours because of incorrect documentation.
Anyway, slightly off-subject now.
I'm curious to hear your reply to Jon's post.
-Dave
