On 13 October 2014 10:37, Jack Krupansky <[email protected]> wrote: > Now... I'll have to admit that maybe there might be clarity among the Lucene > dev/user crowd, but mostly I'm referring to the Solr user crowd, who aren't > up on Lucene internals. I do admit having troubles envisioning the Solr 5 introduction book start with information I see so far: "Solr 5 is a great new release. _Users_ will benefit from using the new amazing features X, Y, and Z that take Solr beyond already great capabilities in version 4 and now allow <scenario 1>, <scenario 2>, and <scenario 3>".
I am not saying there is nothing to slot into that phrase above. But in all the discussions, it seems unclear what the actual user benefits will be. The index-corruption is an internal - if very important issue - but not something we can phrase user benefits around. "Increased stability" is a user-level term I guess, but it is semi-negative as it automatically implies previous _general_ instability. > This is an ongoing problem with Solr - changes that occur strictly in Lucene > with no source changes in Solr, never get reported as improvements to Solr - > and it is nigh impossible for a Solr user to examine a list of Lucene > changes and determine how they may or may not impact the use of Solr > features. I confirm this perception. I remember looking at one of the recent Solr release notes and thinking: "hmm, not much here, why release" to then click-through to the Lucene notes and seeing the significant number of important items. Most of the people do not click-through though and those who do, do not necessarily understand which of the issues do have impact on Solr. I guess what I am saying is that it would be nice for somebody to figure out the Solr 5 user story at some point _before_ we actually shipped it. And the earlier, the better. Regards, Alex. P.s. If somebody wants to discuss this user-level perception at Solr Revolution, I am happy to shout the first round of drinks. :-) Or, hash it out virtually in the popularizers community I setup: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=6713853 Personal: http://www.outerthoughts.com/ and @arafalov Solr resources and newsletter: http://www.solr-start.com/ and @solrstart Solr popularizers community: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=6713853 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
