[ANN] End of life for Apache Tomcat 8.5.x

[Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>]

Update with a corrected date for the anticipated final 8.5.x release.


The Apache Tomcat team announces that support for Apache Tomcat 8.5.x
will end on 31 March 2024.

This means that after 31 March 2024:
- releases from the 8.5.x branch are highly unlikely
- bugs affecting only the 8.5.x branch will not be addressed
- security vulnerability reports will not be checked against the 8.5.x
   branch

Three months later (i.e. after 30 June 2024)
- the 8.5.x download pages will be removed
- the latest 8.5.x release will be removed from the CDN
- the 8.5.x branch will be made read-only
- the links to the 8.5.x documentation will be removed from
   tomcat.apache.org
- The bugzilla project for 8.5.x will be made read-only

Note that all 8.5.x releases will always be available from the archive.

It is anticipated that the final 8.5.x release will be made shortly
before 31 March 2024.

Users of Apache Tomcat 8.5.x should plan to upgrade to 9.0.x or later 
before 31 March 2024.