I don't think this should prevent a hypothetical 5.6 release of the code (Lucene/Solr itself). It would just either not have a companion ref guide, or maybe we could add some simple addendum (some simple pages) to the front or something.
~ David On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 3:01 PM Anshum Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > If that is what it is, I agree that it's not worth the effort. > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Cassandra Targett <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Unfortunately, Confluence makes that pretty impossible without some >> super-human efforts*. Each page has a history, but the only snapshot that >> exists of the full pre-6.0 state is the PDF, and it would be nearly >> impossible to recreate the 5.5 version from that in order to make a 5.6. >> >> *With direct access to the (mySQL, I assume) backend database, one could >> theoretically reconstruct the prior versions, but suspect it would be a >> likely thankless and painful task that would be more work than it's worth. >> >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Anshum Gupta <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Cassandra, >>> >>> Thanks for taking this up (again) :) >>> >>> I'd been thinking about how can we make sure that we can (if required) >>> go back and release a ref guide for 5.6 if there was such a release. >>> I know I've brought up the 5.6 topic a few times and I'm not really sure >>> if we'll have such a release but I would just like to keep that option open. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Cassandra Targett <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> We're a little bit delayed getting the Solr Ref Guide done, but a few >>>> of us have been working through the TODO list and we're pretty close to >>>> done. >>>> >>>> Uwe, would you do that thing to update the Javadoc link paths? As described >>>> here: >>>> >>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Internal+-+How+Javadoc+Links+Work >>>> . >>>> >>>> We would like to make an RC for the Ref Guide as soon as possible. I >>>> haven't heard of anyone still working on any content, but if there is >>>> something you were hoping to get to, please reply to this mail with your >>>> plans. If I don't hear from anyone, we'll probably look to get the RC out >>>> between late-afternoon tomorrow and early Monday. >>>> >>>> Thanks everyone for your help! >>>> Cassandra >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Anshum Gupta >>> >> >> > > > -- > Anshum Gupta > -- Lucene/Solr Search Committer, Consultant, Developer, Author, Speaker LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley | Book: http://www.solrenterprisesearchserver.com
