[java-parent-projects COMMIT] /java-parent-project-v3/trunk/pom.xml

[Ian Young]

On 22 May 2014, at 16:50, Tom Zeller <tzeller at dragonacea.biz> wrote:
> Right. Not arguing : do you know roughly when we talked about Servlet
> API versions ? I checked my notes but no luck there.

Round about the time we decided to move forward to 3.0.

> Is Tomcat 8 beta ?

As you say yourself, there are multiple references to that on the "which version" page.

https://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html

"Actual release revision ... 8.0.8 (beta)"

"Tomcat 8 is currently in a beta state. Regular (at least monthly) releases are being made."

"Beta releases are not expected to run stably."

> I see (beta) on the "which version" page [1], but that page also says
> "beta releases are always clearly marked on the download pages", but
> the 8.0 download page [2] doesn't say "beta" anywhere, AFAICT. The
> release notes [3] in the 8.0.8 download say "This is an alpha
> release".
> 
> Confused a little.

They may be a little inconsistent, but the mere absence of an explicit mention on the download page of something which is called out so clearly and so many times elsewhere does not -- to me -- give me any confidence that 8.0.8 is ready for prime time.

Even if it became a production release *today*, I'd say we'd still be pushing way too hard if we told people that was the minimum version we supported.

	-- Ian



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