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- 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. -

- 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. -

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- Tomcat 5.0.27 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. We have now had several - Tomcat 5.5 releases, including a couple of stable ones. Accordingly, Tomcat 5.5 - is now the focus on work. Tomcat 5.0 is in maintenance mode and its releases - will become less and less frequent. -

- Tomcat 5.5 has several major goals. They are discussed in the tomcat-dev - mailing list's "5.next" thread: - MARC. - 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. -

- Tomcat 4.1.x 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. -

- Tomcat 4.0.x 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. -

- Tomcat 3.3.x is in roughly the same maintenance mode as Tomcat 4.1.x. -

- Tomcat 3.2 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. -

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- The columns in this report contain the following information: -

Priority - A sense of how important it is to address this - issue in the short term.
Action Item - Concise description of the action item - to be completed. Where relevant, Java package names of the - primary classes involved are listed in [square brackets]
Volunteers - Login of those developers who - have volunteered to assist in the design, implementation, testing, and - documentation of this action item's changes to Tomcat.

- 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. -

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- - - - Refactor ClassLoaders for Tomcat 5.5 to allow container plugins. - - - Enhance Cluster functionality for Tomcat 5.5. - - - Continue fixing bugs and updating docs. - - - -

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- The list of the bugs which are in an unresolved state for Tomcat 5 can be - seen - here. - Aspiring volunteers and others are strongly encouraged to attempt - to comment and help resolve these issues. -

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