Joel, I was actually asking if you meant removing the following section: Being a major release, Solr 7 removes many deprecated APIs, changes various parameter defaults and behavior. Some changes may require a re-index of your content. You are thus encouraged to thoroughly read the "Upgrade Notes" at http://lucene.apache.org/solr/7_0_0/changes/Changes.html or in the CHANGES.txt file accompanying the release.
Uwe: I am ready with all my (website) changes, and just waiting on the Solr ‘news’ section that is a subset of the release notes. From the looks of it, we are done with the changes, and I can copy the relevant sections and commit the website changes. So yes, the release would happen on the 20th :) -Anshum > On Sep 20, 2017, at 8:34 AM, Joel Bernstein <joels...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think the release highlights are about what's exciting in the release. So > leading with the most exciting features is the way to go. Informing people of > changes that will affect them can be done in the upgrade notes in CHANGES.txt. > > What do other people think about this? > > Joel Bernstein > http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/ <http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/> > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Anshum Gupta <ansh...@apple.com > <mailto:ansh...@apple.com>> wrote: > 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 >> <mailto: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/> >>> >>> >>> >> > >