Hi,
the reason to mention it is mainly: Java 9 comes out tomorrow! So it’s important in that sense. The Java world is looking at the release of Java 9 tomorrow, so if we have our own release at the start – just in time, I’d make the link explicit. So I’d also hurry up with the release so it comes out today and not tomorrow, Sept 21. On top of this, upgrading to Java 9 is recommended, because there should be significant speed improvements when using MMapDircetory (default) and DocValues (as it eliminates lots of bounds checks during optimization). Of course, this depends on your usage of Solr/Lucene. Uwe ----- Uwe Schindler Achterdiek 19, D-28357 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de <http://www.thetaphi.de/> eMail: u...@thetaphi.de From: ansh...@apple.com [mailto:ansh...@apple.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 5:20 PM To: dev@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Release 7.0 process starts 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/ 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/ 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/ 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 <mailto:dev@lucene.apache.org> At: 09/20/17 15:02:38 To: dev@lucene.apache.org <mailto: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 | Book: http://www.solrenterprisesearchserver.com <http://www.solrenterprisesearchserver.com/>
