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

Rainer,

Thanks for bringing this up for a vote.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 2:01 AM Rainer Jung <[email protected]> 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:
>
>   [X] Yes, I agree with EOL 2027-06-30
>   [ ] No, I don't agree with any EOL
>   [ ] I strongly prefer EOL date .......... instead
>
> Setting EOL date for ajp14:
>
>   [X] Yes, I agree with EOL 2027-06-30
>   [ ] No, I don't agree with any EOL
>   [ ] I strongly prefer EOL date .......... instead
>

+1 to both, though I agree with Chris and Felix that an earlier EOL date
would be fine as well

Best,

Igal



>
> Thanks,
>
> Rainer
>
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