From users-return-136611-apmail-tomcat-users-archive=tomcat.apache.org@tomcat.apache.org Thu Dec 01 18:02:44 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-users-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 69384 invoked from network); 1 Dec 2005 18:02:43 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 1 Dec 2005 18:02:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 71600 invoked by uid 500); 1 Dec 2005 18:02:27 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-users-archive@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 71578 invoked by uid 500); 1 Dec 2005 18:02:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@tomcat.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list users@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 71559 invoked by uid 500); 1 Dec 2005 18:02:27 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 71555 invoked by uid 99); 1 Dec 2005 18:02:27 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:02:27 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: domain of rhino1@sympatico.ca designates 209.226.175.74 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.226.175.74] (HELO tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net) (209.226.175.74) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:03:52 -0800 Received: from athlon ([65.95.163.102]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20051201180201.HQEW26550.tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net@athlon> for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 13:02:01 -0500 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.362 [267.13.10/189]); Thu, 01 Dec 2005 13:02:24 -0500 Message-ID: <076501c5f6a1$624c43e0$0d02a8c0@athlon> From: "Rhino" To: "tomcat-user" Subject: Upgrading Tomcat Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 13:02:24 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original X-Originating-IP: [0] X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N I need some basic information regarding upgrades to Tomcat. I haven't written any servlets in many months and have not followed the various updates made to Tomcat. When I go to http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi, I see that there are several different current versions of Tomcat available, including 5.5.13-beta, 5.5.12, 5.0.30-beta and 5.0.28. Also, as someone interested in a binary distribution, I see that there are several subsets of code for each Tomcat version: "Core", "Deployer", "Embedded", "Administration" and "JDK 1.4 Compatibility Package". Can someone answer some questions for me? 1. What are the major differences between the 5.0.x stream and the 5.5.x stream? In other words, what factors should I weigh in deciding which stream I should use? I tend to prefer to take the latest possible version that is stable and then stay with that a fair while so that I don't have to update Tomcat too frequently, which suggests 5.5.12 as my best bet, but I'm not sure if that's a good strategy in this case because I'm not clear on the different between 5.0.x and 5.5.x. Perhaps I'd be smarter to use 5.0.x until 5.5.x is further along? 2. Are 5.5.12 and 5.0.28 both fairly stable and robust? 3. Do I need to download/install all of the different "bundles" for each version, i.e. will I need "Core" AND "Deployer" AND "Embedded" and "Administration Web Application" AND "JDK 1.4 Compatibility Package" or is "Core" alone sufficient? Do I need JDK 1.4 Compatibility if I develop primarily in J2SE 1.5? For that matter is it okay to use J2SE 1.5 with Tomcat or does Tomcat only support 1.4? 4. Is Sysdeo still the plugin of choice to use for Servlet development in Eclipse? Is Lomboz still the plugin of choice to use for JSP development in Eclipse? (I've never really tried a JSP but I might give it a go one of these days :-) Rhino -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.10/189 - Release Date: 30/11/2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@tomcat.apache.org