Tomcat packages in AppStream repo

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I’ve just noticed there are Tomcat packages in the AppStream repo. I am certain there didn’t used to be, otherwise I wouldn’t have posted Installing Tomcat and keeping it up to date and What is https://repo.almalinux.org/development/almalinux/9/devel/? before it.

I can’t find any announcement about Tomcat being added to AlmaLinux. Are packages going to remain available and be maintained in the AppStream repo for the lifespan of AlmaLinux 9?

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Bump. Because I’d really like to know what the deal is with Tomcat and AlmaLinux 9.

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It turns out Red Hat have added Tomcat packages to RHEL 9! Apache Tomcat versions supported by Red Hat - Red Hat Customer Portal

These are our products with Tomcat:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) RPM

  • RHEL 5: RPM Package name is tomcat5 (end of life) . Based on upstream Tomcat 5.5.23
  • RHEL 6: RPM Package name is tomcat6 (end of life) . Based on upstream Tomcat 6.0.24
  • RHEL 7: RPM Package name is tomcat. Based on upstream Tomcat 7 and the latest package is based on 7.0.76
    (we also provided some rpm packages based on 7.0.42, 7.0.54 and 7.0.69 in the previous releases.)
  • RHEL 8.0 to RHEL8.7: The tomcat package is no longer present in RHEL 8. Customers who need a supported version of tomcat need to use JBoss® Web Server .
    • RHEL 8.8: tomcat package returns to RHEL. Based on upstream Tomcat 9. This package is not supported on RHEL 8.0 through 8.7.
  • RHEL 9.0 to 9.1: The tomcat package is not bundled in RHEL 9. Customers who need a supported version of tomcat need to use JBoss® Web Server .
    • RHEL 9.2 or later: tomcat package returns to RHEL. Based on upstream Tomcat 9. This package is not supported on RHEL 9.0 and 9.