Also, I think it might make sense to add a line saying that the Ref Guide for 7.0 would be released soon.
-Anshum > On Sep 20, 2017, at 8:20 AM, Anshum Gupta <ansh...@apple.com> wrote: > > Sounds good. > > Also, I am not a java expert like Uwe, and a few others here so let me know > if we should leave in the ‘Jigsaw’ part. > > David, you added that yesterday and Mike looked at the Lucene release notes > and let it stay there. So I was wondering if it’s important/reasonable enough > to highlight in the release notes. > > -Anshum > > > >> On Sep 20, 2017, at 8:12 AM, Joel Bernstein <joels...@gmail.com >> <mailto:joels...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> 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/ <http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/> >> >> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Joel Bernstein <joels...@gmail.com >> <mailto:joels...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> I just made the edit. >> >> Joel Bernstein >> http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/ <http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/> >> >> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Joel Bernstein <joels...@gmail.com >> <mailto: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/ <http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/> >> >> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Christine Poerschke (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON) >> <cpoersc...@bloomberg.net <mailto: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 <mailto:dev@lucene.apache.org> At: 09/20/17 >> 15:54:54 >> To: Christine Poerschke (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON ) >> <mailto:cpoersc...@bloomberg.net>, dev@lucene.apache.org >> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 >>> <mailto: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 >>> <http://linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley> | Book: >>> http://www.solrenterprisesearchserver.com >>> <http://www.solrenterprisesearchserver.com/> >> >> >> >
