Petr Sumbera wrote: > Hi Tomcat gurus, > > can somebody please explain to me little bit more Tomcat versioning than > I can find at following link? > > http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html > > I'm interested in compatibility level (binary/source) between various > Tomcat <Major>.<Minor>.<Micro> releases. What is intention and what is > reality?
Compatibility in what sense? Major: The spec changes but spec complaint webapps that work on x.y.x should work on any (x+1).y.z. If it doesn't that is a bug. Internally, could be major API changes, configuration changes, etc. Minor: Usually means internal API change. If you have written custom components then they might need changing. In reality, the changes are usually so deep in the internals that you won't be affected. Micro: No API breakage. Everything should be backwards compatible. Behaviour should also be the same. Where it isn't, options are usually provided to enable the previous behaviour. > Is there a plan for other Tomcat version after Tomcat 6.x? 6.1 or 7? http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/TomcatVersions 6.2.x has been discussed but never happened. It may still happen. 7.0.x will support the 3.0 servlet spec. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
