Tomcat有些日子没有新消息了，除了前些天关于Tomcat 4的一个新版本外。

Tomcat 5.5也发布了很久了，现在的版本都已经到17了，那么什么时候发布Tomcat 6呢？Tomcat 6会有什么变化呢？

看看从Tomcat网站上看到的消息吧:)

                      Release Plan for Apache Tomcat 6.0
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Introduction:
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This document is a release plan for the final release of Apache Tomcat 6.0.

The goal of the Apache Tomcat 6.0 final release is to provide a stable
container that supports 100% of the mandatory requirements of the Servlet 2.5
and JSP 2.1 specifications, as well as to improve and add many useful
additional features on top of the existing Apache Tomcat 5.5.x releases.

Apache Tomcat 6.0 includes the following major new features over
Apache Tomcat 5.5:

    * Servlet 2.5 implementation
    * JSP 2.1 implementation
    * Unified EL 2.1 implementation, which may be used independently
    * Pluggable JEE 5 annotation support for Servlet & JSP
    * Refactored session clustering implementation
    * New asynchronous IO capabilities and API
    * Simpler distribution layout

Apache Tomcat 6.0 will use the build numbering and release process first used
in the Apache HTTPd 2.0.x project.
Milestone builds, numbered 6.0.x, will be released as needed and will
recieve a stability rating after a one week testing period. The rating can be
either: Alpha, Beta, or Stable.

This Release Plan proposes the following prospective target dates
for stability:

  October 20, 2006
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Tomcat 6.0.0 should be tagged by this date.

这两天得继续关注来自Tomcat的消息，而今天也在Tomcat站上看到了5.5的最新一个版本 5.5.20