On 3/13/2012 8:49 AM, Christopher Schultz wrote:
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Jess,
On 3/13/12 8:47 AM, Jess Holle wrote:
So I read that the servlet 3.1 spec (and related EL specs, etc) is
to go final in "the second half of 2012".
Approximately when should we expect a Tomcat that supports the new
specs -- in terms of number of months after the specs' final
release?
There's no guarantee of anything. Remember: everyone around here is a
volunteer, and there's no mandated schedule.
Of course! This is an open-source community, not a commercial
enterprise. Even if it were a commercial enterprise, they get their
schedules wrong more often than they get them right!
Here are some dates that may be relevant, but again, everything is up
in the air:
Servlet 3.0 spec finalized: December 2009
Tomcat 7.0.0 (beta) released: June 2010
Tomcat 7.0.6 (first non-beta): January 2011
Now, servlet 3.0 was a fairly big jump from 2.5 and 3.0->3.1 is likely
to be less effort in general. As happened with Tomcat 7.0.x, Tomcat
8.0.x (first to support spec 3.1) is currently in active development
and lots of little things (mostly clarifications) from 3.1 have
already gone into the trunk.
I am hoping that the delay between 3.1 and non-beta 8.0.x isn't 12-13
months as 3.1 is a much smaller step, but I understand there are no
guarantees. It is good to know that 8.0.x development is ongoing, though.
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Jess Holle
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