On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 9:06 AM Shawn Heisey <apa...@elyograg.org> wrote:
> > To me the best trade-off is to stop doing 6.x minor releases once 7.0 > > is out. > > I did say it would be relatively safe to do bugfixes and backport > self-contained features in 6.x after 7.0 comes out as long as care is > taken to not change the index format or analysis component behavior. > > Despite saying that, I actually agree with you that new minor releases > (and therefore new features) should be avoided in the previous major > version unless there is a VERY compelling reason. It doesn't seem very > likely that a compelling reason will be encountered. > Why? If someone (not you, obviously), is willing to be the RM, then what's it to you? I think there's nothing wrong with a 6.whatever release following a 7.0. -- Lucene/Solr Search Committer, Consultant, Developer, Author, Speaker LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley | Book: http://www.solrenterprisesearchserver.com
