id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc port 48302 tomcat8 @ 8.0.24 looking for review/feedback/help raupachz macports-tickets@… "MacPorts is missing a current Apache Tomcat 8 port. Unlike tomcat5 and tomcat6 this does not build tomcat. It downloads and extracts a binary from one of the Apache mirror sites. I am totally new to creating ports files. This is my first attempt and it would be nice if someone is willing to help/work with me on this port. I do have experiences with running Apache Tomcat on *nix servers. This port is plain and simple it just downloads, extracts and copies files to ${prefix}/share/java. You can start and stop tomcat via the provided scripts in /bin. This is probably not how a server should act. * Should I create a custom system account and group e.g. tomcat:tomcat? * Start and stop via launched? * How should I deal with updates? Lets say I change my server.xml and the port updates? Is it possible to keep files around?" submission new Normal ports 2.3.3 neverpanic