I would also consider changing the order of the list to highlight the most interesting features.
If I saw this as the top highlight I would think of this is mainly a maintenance release. Indented JSON is now the default response format for all APIs, pass wt=json and/or indent=off to use the previous unindented XML format. Joel Bernstein http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/ On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Joel Bernstein <joels...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just made the edit. > > Joel Bernstein > http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/ > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Joel Bernstein <joels...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> For streaming expressions let's go with: >> >> Solr 7 Streaming Expressions adds a new statistical programming syntax for >> the statistical analysis of sql queries, random samples, time series and >> graph result sets. >> >> >> Joel Bernstein >> http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/ >> >> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Christine Poerschke (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON) >> <cpoersc...@bloomberg.net> wrote: >> >>> Cool. How about 7th and 8th bullet points like this. 8th bullet ending >>> in Java 9 future magic still, not that the magic counts but fitting things >>> on roughly a screen full for folks to easily get the gist of the new >>> release is important I think. >>> >>> -Christine >>> >>> * Solr 7 adds Streaming Expressions, a new statistical programming >>> syntax for >>> the statistical analysis of sql queries, random samples, time series and >>> graph result sets. >>> >>> * Solr 7 is tested with and verified to support Java 9 >>> >>> From: dev@lucene.apache.org At: 09/20/17 15:54:54 >>> To: Christine Poerschke (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON ) <cpoersc...@bloomberg.net>, >>> dev@lucene.apache.org >>> >>> Subject: Re: Release 7.0 process starts >>> >>> This looks good, other than the wt=xml correction in #1, as Varun >>> pointed out. Also, I really think we should highlight streaming expressions >>> (Math Engine) even if that means we don’t hit the ‘7 points’ mark :). >>> >>> -Anshum >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 20, 2017, at 7:21 AM, Christine Poerschke (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON) < >>> cpoersc...@bloomberg.net> wrote: >>> >>> Totally agree with choosing _7_ highlights for the Solr _7_ release! >>> >>> Below is the revised draft I came up with: >>> >>> (Notice that v2 is the 2nd bullet, though I think it yet needs to >>> mention one or _two_ benefits of using the new API especially since we >>> mention that /solr/ continues to work.) >>> >>> (Also notice some re-ordering of the bullets starting with the >>> used-by-many JSON first, then v2 API second, then third collection creation >>> which mentions faceting and so leads over to the fourth bullet re: facet >>> refinement. Fifth is the new replica types (that bullet being slightly >>> longer than the others to explain what the types are about). Sixth is >>> auto-scaling which mentions future releases (would folks use new replica >>> types first before moving on to auto-scaling?). Seventh and last then is >>> Solr _7_ mention with Java _9_ i.e. the just-arrived future again there.) >>> >>> Solr 7.0 Release Highlights: >>> >>> * Indented JSON is now the default response format for all APIs, >>> pass wt=json and/or indent=off to use the previous unindented XML format. >>> >>> * The new v2 API, exposed at /api/ and also supported via SolrJ, is now >>> the >>> preferred API, but /solr/ continues to work. >>> >>> * A new `_default` configset is used if no config is specified at >>> collection >>> creation. The data-driven functionality of this configset indexes >>> strings as >>> analyzed text while at the same time copying to a `*_str` field suitable >>> for >>> faceting. >>> >>> * The JSON Facet API now supports two-phase facet refinement to ensure >>> accurate >>> counts and statistics for facet buckets returned in distributed mode. >>> >>> * Replica Types - Solr 7 supports different replica types, which handle >>> updates >>> differently. In addition to pure NRT operation where all replicas build >>> an >>> index and keep a replication log, you can now also add so called PULL >>> replicas, achieving the read-speed optimized benefits of a master/slave >>> setup while at the same time keeping index redundancy. >>> >>> * Auto-scaling. Solr can now allocate new replicas to nodes using a new >>> auto >>> scaling policy framework. This framework will in future releases enable >>> Solr >>> to move shards around based on load, disk etc. >>> >>> * Solr 7 is tested with and verified to support Java 9. >>> >>> From: dev@lucene.apache.org At: 09/20/17 15:02:38 >>> To: dev@lucene.apache.org >>> Subject: Re: Release 7.0 process starts >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 9:16 AM Jan Høydahl <jan....@cominvent.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> And please, I was serious about choosing 7 major features and not >>>> adding random single improvements. The list has already creeped from 7 to 9 >>>> bullets. If you want to add something, then ask youself which of the other >>>> bullets that are less important to MOST USERS and then replace that bullet >>>> instead of adding more. Agree? >>>> >>> >>> I agree with that very much! *Each bullet added de-values the list as >>> a whole. *IMO the Java 9 bullet can be removed (too few are even using >>> it yet) and we get to 8 bullets; and those 8 are pretty good. >>> -- >>> Lucene/Solr Search Committer, Consultant, Developer, Author, Speaker >>> LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley | Book: >>> http://www.solrenterprisesearchserver.com >>> >>> >>> >> >
