Re: [servlet-dev] [External] : Re: servlet.next 5.1. or 6.0

[Ed Bratt <ed.bratt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In the Platform group call this past week, it was suggested that it might make sense to propose a release around the end of this year (Oct. 15 is the initial SWAG target for each component's Release Review). This release would propose the language base version of Java be SE 11. Then, we would propose a subsequent release, 12 to 18 months after that would be based at Java 17. From then, we'd see if we could to keep EE Platform releases up to date with LTS releases from Java SE.

Of course, these are all still proposals. The meeting minutes from the 20th have not yet been pushed to the platform minutes log but you can read the raw notes, here (I'll confess they aren't particularly clear yet.)

Maybe that input will help. I'd be interested to understand if any of this is helpful with respect to Servlet feature planning.

Also, I will offer that the Platform team would be grateful to hear feedback from component teams like this one so if you have ideas or comments -- we would like to hear them.

-- Ed

On 7/23/2021 2:22 AM, Mark Thomas wrote:

> On
>       22/07/2021 23:52, Greg Wilkins wrote:
>       
> > Mark,
> >         
> >         
> >         How much time do we have?  What's the target date?
> >         
> >       
>       
>       My current understanding is that October 15, 2021 is the target
>       date.
>       
>       
>       The path changes we are currently discussing are - in my view - a
>       significant change. I think they would justify a 6.0 even if we
>       can't get everything we'd like to get done in 6.0 completed in
>       that time frame.
>       
>       
>       If we continue to make progress on the path topic at the rate we
>       have been recently, I'm confident that I could get the changes
>       implemented in Tomcat and suitable tests added to the TCK in that
>       time frame. Not that I'd object if anyone else wanted to help out
>       ;)
>       
>       
>       Cheers,
>       
>       
>       Mark
>       
>       
>       
> >         
> >         Cheers
> >         
> >         
> >         On Fri, 23 Jul 2021, 01:52 Mark Thomas, <markt@xxxxxxxxxx
> >         <mailto:markt@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >         
> >         
> >             Hi all,
> >         
> >         
> >             We never really firmed up on this. I submitted Jakarta EE 10
> >         release
> >         
> >             plan based on 6.0 on the basis it would be easier to switch
> >         from 6.0 to
> >         
> >             5.1 than from 5.1. to 6.0.
> >         
> >         
> >             At this point it would be good to decide which we are going
> >         to aim for.
> >         
> >         
> >             My own view is we should aim for 6.0. This is primarily
> >         because I
> >         
> >             really
> >         
> >             want to remove all the deprecated code from the API.
> >         
> >         
> >             Thoughts?
> >         
> >         
> >             Mark
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