Re: [Vote] Announce EOL for ajp12 and ajp14 workers in mod_jk

Rainer,

On 6/15/26 5:01 AM, Rainer Jung wrote:
> Picking up the date suggested by Mark I propose to announce the EOL date 
> 2027-06-30 for the worker types ajp12 and ajp14 in Tomcat connectors aka 
> mod_jk aka ISAPI redirector.
> 
> Reason for ajp12: The sources say it is deprecated at least for a decade 
> now, the docs say it's obsolete. I never saw it in use or remember any 
> question raised about it.
> 
> Reason for ajp14: it was always experimental. I never saw it in use or 
> remember any question raised about it.
> 
> Some source code files or types and functions could be dropped as well 
> at the EOL date, because they are only used by ajp12 or ajp14 (eg. 
> jk_sockbuf annd jk_sb_* for ajp12, jk_md5 for ajp14).
> 
> Setting EOL date for ajp12:
> 
>   [ ] Yes, I agree with EOL 2027-06-30
>   [ ] No, I don't agree with any EOL
>   [ ] I strongly prefer EOL date .......... instead

+1 for EOL 2027-06-30, though I would have agreed with an immediate EOL 
as the whole industry moved to ajp13 years ago along with mod_jk, 
mod_proxy_ajp, etc.

> Setting EOL date for ajp14:
> 
>   [ ] Yes, I agree with EOL 2027-06-30
>   [ ] No, I don't agree with any EOL
>   [ ] I strongly prefer EOL date .......... instead

+1 for EOL 2027-06-30, though I would have agreed with an immediate EOL 
as ajp14 was never really shipped.

-chris