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Posted to dev@tomcat.apache.org by Larry Isaacs <La...@sas.com> on 2001/09/04 19:58:48 UTC
[ANNOUNCEMENT] Tomcat 3.3 Beta 2
The second beta release of Tomcat 3.3 is available for download
and testing. As a Tomcat 3.x release, it remains an implementation
of the Servlet 2.2 and JSP 1.1 specifications.
The Beta 2 release offers bug fixes over Beta 1, and some
documentation updates. A lot of new information has been
added to tomcat-ug.html and a new serverxml.html has been
added. The serverxml.html documents a handful of the modules
(a.k.a. interceptors) at this point, with more to come.
Some documentation is still out of date, however.
Again, refer to the "readme" for the most current information
concerning Tomcat 3.3.
If you did not try the earlier 3.3 releases, the following
additional information may help you make full use of the Beta 2
release:
1) The binary distribution has source for the connectors, but not for
the Tomcat container. The source from the full jakarta-tomcat CVS
tree is available separately in the "v3.3-b2/src" directory.
2) The new class loader scheme in this release ignores your CLASSPATH
setting. Instead, you may add needed jars to Tomcat's "lib/apps",
"lib/common", and "lib/container" directories. See the tomcat-ug.html
file in Tomcat's "doc" directory for details.
Also supported are two System properties:
org.apache.tomcat.apps.classpath
org.apache.tomcat.common.classpath
which add their listed classes and jars to the jars in "lib/apps"
and "lib/common", respectively.
3) The "sanity-test" is not part of the binary distribution like it was
with Tomcat 3.2. However, it is available in "War" form (test.war),
along with the Watchdog JSP (watchdog-jsp.war) and servlet tests
(watchdog-servlet.war). These are found in the "v3.3-b2/apps"
directory. Place these War files in Tomcat's "webapps" directory
before starting Tomcat. To simplify testing, these tests can be run
from the Admin web application. See the "readme" file in Tomcat's
"doc" directory for details.
Please download this release and give it a try in your environment. The
source, rpms, and binaries may be found at:
http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3-b2
To log problems or bugs, as well as submit patches, please refer to:
http://jakarta.apache.org/site/bugs.html
When logging bugs to Bugzilla, please specify the Program as "Tomcat 3"
and the Version as "3.3 Beta 2". Also, supplying a test case will
greatly improve our ability to address the problem. Please do so if at
all possible.
Thanks,
Larry Isaacs