IncompatibleClassChangeError when using jboss-remoting.jar on Tomcat 7 before 7.0.26

Issue

The client libraries from tomcat eap5.1.2 are not compatible with tomcat 7. I assume a much later release of EAP is available as I have been using 5.X for a very long time. I can not find how to download a version newer the 5.1.2 on the support/downloads site.

Please let me know if EAP has been renamed, or how I would upgrade to a newer version of EAP. If a newer version is not available please provide the release plans.

ok I finally got much more information.

If I start my web application on a tomcat 7 including a 3.0 web.xml
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
version="3.0">

I get the attached error.

If I simply change the web.xml to specify the app if 2.5 it runs flawlessly.
<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">

This is the apache bug report referencing the error:
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52324