[ANN] Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 beta released

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

The Apache Tomcat team announces the immediate availability of Apache
Tomcat 7.0.0 beta.

Note that this version has 4 zip binaries: a generic one and three
bundled with Tomcat native binaries for Windows operating systems 
running on different CPU architectures.

Apache Tomcat 7.0 includes new features over Apache Tomcat 6.0,
including support for the new Servlet 3.0, JSP 2.2 and EL 2.2 
specifications, web application memory leak detection and prevention, 
improved security for the Manager and Host Manager applications, Generic 
CSRF protection, support for including external content directly in a 
web application (aliases), re-factoring (connectors, life-cycle) and 
lots of internal code clean-up.

Please refer to the change log for the list of changes:
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/changelog.html

As bugs are reported, enhancements requested and issues fixed in this 
beta release, you can track progress in the changelog and Bugzilla:
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/changelog.html
http://s.apache.org/tomcat-7-open-issues

Downloads:
http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi

Migration guide from Apache Tomcat 5.5.x and 6.0.x:
http://tomcat.apache.org/migration.html

Thank you,

-- The Apache Tomcat Team