[jetty-dev] javax.servlet / jakarta.servlet support

[Guus der Kinderen <guus.der.kinderen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Jetty Team!

In Jetty 11, support for the javax.servlet namespace was dropped, and replaced by the jakarta.servlet namespace.

With Jetty 12, support for the javax.servlet namespace is re-introduced, giving users the option to use either javax.servlet or jakarta.servlet through offering jetty builds for the EE8, EE9 and EE10 environments. I can only assume that this was quite the undertaking. Thanks!

Can you please share the motivation for the re-introduction of the javax.servlet namespace?

I'd also love to learn about your roadmap. How do you see (if you have such a vision today) EE support in future versions of Jetty? Specifically, do you expect continued support for EE8 / the javax.servlet namespace?

Kind regards,

  Guus