Romain: Good to know that older version still exist, but this is only part of my points, which again are: - How about a well defined version scheme for TomEE ? - Can links to older versions & archives be added to TomEE download page?
Thanks, Alex On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]>wrote: > Quick side note: all versions are available on nexus, links are not (yet?) > mentioned but exist. > Le 27 oct. 2012 08:45, "Alex The Rocker" <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > Hello, > > > > TomEE is supposed to be "Tomcat Enterprise Edition". One thing that > > "Enterprises" appreciate with software prerequisites is the ability to > move > > from one version to another when they fell confident that 1/ it's > > compatible with the web apps they deploy 2/ it's available. > > > > Currently (as of 27th October) we have in TomEE download page only links > to > > version 1.5.0. > > > > In theory, there will soon be version 1.5.1, and "enterprises" will > > consider the .1 as a bug fix release. > > I read that maybe the next available TomEE would be 1.6.0, meaning > features > > changes. > > > > Why 1.0.0. isn't anymore accessible on TomEE download page? > > Will links to 1.5.0 be removed when 1.5.1 is available on the download > > page? > > Will links to 1.5.x be removed when 1.6.0 is available on the download > > page? > > What if an "enterprise" bought a product that is certified on 1.5.x ; > x=>0 > > ? > > Will there be no 1.5.2, 1.5.3 once 1.6.0 is available? what if Tomcat 7 > > security fixes are only avail on TomEE 1.6.x but not on TomEE 1.5.x? > > > > Let's compare with Apache Tomcat download page: there are links for the > > last 3 major releases (Tomcat 7, Tomcat 6 and Tomcat 5). > > When you follow the link on a given release, say Tomcat 7, you have > access > > to latest point release of Tomcat 7 (Tomcat 7.0.32 as of this writing), > but > > also to "Archives", from where all point releases between 7.0.0 and > > 7.0.0.32 can be downloaded. > > > > All major application servers have clear version scheme and access to > > archives. > > We all want TomEE to be taken seriously (reference to Romain's link to a > > french article where TomEE was almost seen as a Toy-me ;), so would you > > agree to > > 1/ Standardize TomEE version scheme > > 2/ Restore access to TomEE 1.0.0 and provide a link to TomEE "archived" > > versions > > ? > > > > Thanks, > > Alex. > > >
