fw posted on tomcat list The future of Tomcat 9

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All,

Tomcat 9 is the last major Tomcat version supporting Java EE. Therefore, 
the Tomcat community intends to provide support for Tomcat 9 beyond the 
10 years for which major Tomcat versions are typically supported.

Extended support will be provided via a new 9.1.x branch that will be 
started when 9.0.x reaches end of support. The APR/Native Connector will 
not be available in Tomcat 9.1.x.

The deprecation notice for the APR/Native connector will be updated for 
the next 9.0.x release to indicate that it will be removed in 9.1.x 
onwards in addition to the current statement that it has been removed in 
10.1.x onwards.

Support for NIO+OpenSSL and NIO2+OpenSSL will continue in Tomcat 9.1.x 
via Tomcat Native 2.x.

Back-ports of security fixes, bug fixes and new features will continue 
for 9.1.x as they have done for 9.0.x.

End of support for Tomcat 9.0.x is expected *no earlier than* 31 March 
2027.

End of support for Tomcat 9.1.x has not been determined. At least 12 
months notice will be provided for 9.1.x end of support.

Kind regards,

Mark
on behalf of the Apache Tomcat committers