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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 <a href="./faq/">FAQ</a>
 </li>
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-<a href="./mail.html">Mailing Lists</a>
+<a href="./lists.html#tomcat-user">Mailing Lists</a>
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 <a href="./bugreport.html">Bug Database</a>
@@ -220,6 +220,53 @@ be interested or able to support you.
 
 </blockquote>
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+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<br />
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+<table width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+<tr>
+<td bgcolor="#525D76">
+<font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif" color="#ffffff">
+<a name="Alpha / Beta / Stable">
+<strong>Alpha / Beta / Stable</strong>
+</a>
+</font>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<p>
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>Every Tomcat release is initially released as an Alpha release. After a week or
+so of testing a vote is held to gather views on the stability of the release. If a
+major issue is identified during testing, then the vote may not take place and the
+release will remain as an Alpha release.</p>
+
+<p>Stability is a subjective judgement and you should always read carefully the
+release notes for any version you intend to make use of.</p>
+
+<p>
+<strong>Alpha</strong> releases may contain large amounts of untested/missing
+functionality required by the specification and/or signifcant bugs and are not
+expected to run stably for any length of time.</p>
+
+<p>
+<strong>Beta</strong> releases may contain some untested functionlaity and/or a
+number of relatively minor bugs. Beta releases are not expected to run stably.</p>
+
+<p>
+<strong>Stable</strong> releases may contain a small number of relatively minor
+bugs. Stable releases are intended for production use and are expected to run
+stably for extended periods of time.</p>
+
+</blockquote>
+</p>
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