May 18, 2010 - Second Tomcat 7 Release Client Being Tested, Announcement Drafted

As Tomcat 7 nears release, the committers of the Apache Tomcat project are now testing and voting on the second release candidate of the highly anticipated update. A few issues still remain, which may mean at least one more release candidate version before an actual release is made.

Users who want a sneak peak at the latest and greatest version of Tomcat can download the release client from Apache's sitehere, and check out an early draft of therelease announcement. The links for documentation and download are not live yet, but it's exciting proof that the long-delayed update is indeed approaching release. Users attempting to run this early version of Tomcat 7 should read through the list of known issues with this release candidate, which you can find here.