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| <author email="remm@apache.org">Remy Maucherat</author> |
| <author email="yoavs@apache.org">Yoav Shapira</author> |
| <title>Project Status</title> |
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| <body> |
| <section name="Preface"> |
| <p> |
| This document attempts to convey the current status of Tomcat development |
| in "big picture" terms. This is not the place to check if an individual |
| bug report has been addressed or when an individual feature will be available. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| This page is updated roughly once per every couple of Tomcat minor releases, |
| so for day-to-day status you should check the tomcat-user and tomcat-dev mailing |
| lists. You can always inquire there as to the availability or status of a |
| specific feature or component. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Current Status Summary"> |
| <p> |
| <b>Tomcat 5.0.27</b> was released on June 17th, 2004. At that time, the TOMCAT_5_0 |
| branch was tagged in CVS, and work on Tomcat 5.5 began. Until the first stable |
| release of Tomcat 5.5, building from |
| CVS head may be unstable or broken: use the TOMCAT_5_0 branch tag to build |
| the Tomcat 5.0 releases. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <b>Tomcat 5.5</b> has several major goals. They are discussed in the tomcat-dev |
| mailing list's "5.next" thread: |
| <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=tomcat-dev&w=2&r=1&s=5.next&q=b">MARC</a>. |
| The status of some of these items is detailed below. Once 5.5 releases are |
| available, please refer to the Changelog accompanying each release for detailed |
| changes, enhancements, and fixes. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <b>Tomcat 4.1.x</b> is no longer actively developed. It is maintained to address |
| only showstopper, security, and Servlet Specification compliance issues. Maintenance |
| for Tomcat 4.1.x will likely cease once a stable release or two of Tomcat 5.5 are out. |
| Users of Tomcat 4.1.x are strongly encouraged to upgrade to the latest stable Tomcat |
| 5.0 release. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <b>Tomcat 4.0.x</b> is relatively old, and not actively maintained or supported. |
| It is strongly recommended that users of these releases upgrade to the latest |
| stable Tomcat 5.0 release or at least the latest stable Tomcat 4.1 release. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <b>Tomcat 3.3.x</b> is in roughly the same maintenance mode as Tomcat 4.1.x. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <b>Tomcat 3.2</b> and earlier are in roughly the same support state as Tomcat 4.0.x. |
| Users should upgrade to Tomcat 3.3.x or the latest stable Tomcat 5.0.x. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="How to read the report"> |
| |
| <p> |
| The columns in this report contain the following information: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Priority</b> - A sense of how important it is to address this |
| issue in the short term.</li> |
| <li><b>Action Item</b> - Concise description of the action item |
| to be completed. Where relevant, Java package names of the |
| primary classes involved are listed in [square brackets]</li> |
| <li><b>Volunteers</b> - Login of those developers who |
| have volunteered to assist in the design, implementation, testing, and |
| documentation of this action item's changes to Tomcat.</li> |
| </ul> |
| Developers can nominate |
| themselves to work on particular action items by asking a Committer to |
| add their name address to those items. The developers |
| working on each item should discuss and agree upon the approach to be |
| used for implementing the item's changes to the project source code |
| and documentation, prior to completing those changes. Such discussions |
| should take place on the tomcat-dev mailing list so that everyone can |
| stay apprised of what is going on, or chime in if they want to |
| contribute ideas and suggestions. |
| </p> |
| |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="TODO List"> |
| |
| <status> |
| <item priority="High" owner="costin"> |
| Refactor ClassLoaders for Tomcat 5.5 to allow container plugins. |
| </item> |
| <item priority="Medium" owner="fhanik"> |
| Enhance Cluster functionality for Tomcat 5.5. |
| </item> |
| <item priority="Low" owner="yoavs, remm, funkman"> |
| Update docs, site, and FAQ for Tomcat 5.5 once ready. |
| </item> |
| <item priority="Low" owner="everyone"> |
| Continue fixing bugs ;) |
| </item> |
| </status> |
| |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Open bugs"> |
| |
| <p> |
| The list of the bugs which are in an unresolved state for Tomcat 5 can be |
| seen |
| <a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=RESOLVED&resolution=LATER&resolution=REMIND&resolution=---&email1=&emailtype1=substring&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=substring&emailreporter2=1&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&product=Tomcat+5&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&keywords=&keywords_type=anywords&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&cmdtype=doit&order=%27Importance%27">here</a>. |
| Aspiring volunteers and others are strongly encouraged to attempt |
| to comment and help resolve these issues. |
| </p> |
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| </section> |
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| </body> |
| </document> |
