Tomcat releases

[Krish B <ww...@gmail.com>]

hi,

I have a couple of basic question about tomcat releases.

1) 5.5.17 is in beta. Will there be a release of 5.5.17 final and then work
will go on to release 5.5.18.
2) When will Tomcat 6.0 be releases\d? Will there be more 5.5.X releases
before 6.0?

Regards
Krish

Re: Tomcat releases

[Tim Funk <fu...@joedog.org>]

5.5.17 was called beta because it needed to be called something. It could 
also be called alpha, moe, larry, or curly too. But it can't quite be called 
stable.

But it CAN be called stable once some time (typically a few days) go by and 
the Release Manager calls for a vote on stability of the release. If the 
consensus is stable - then the release is called 5.5.17 stable. But there 
aren't any changes to 5.5.17 beta vs stable. Its a perception of the release.

Tomcat 6 will be released in many alphas, betas, then a stable. Timeframes 
are unknown but there is a goal for release when Servlet spec 2.5 is final.

There will be more 5.5.X releases but given the historical trend, 5.5 changes 
  will be minimized in favor of 6 after tomcat 6 is released and stable.

-Tim

Krish B wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I have a couple of basic question about tomcat releases.
> 
> 1) 5.5.17 is in beta. Will there be a release of 5.5.17 final and then work
> will go on to release 5.5.18.
> 2) When will Tomcat 6.0 be releases\d? Will there be more 5.5.X releases
> before 6.0?
> 
> Regards
> Krish
> 

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