I think we should keep all the typical wording around upgrades. I'm just suggesting an arrangement of the highlights section.
Joel Bernstein http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/ On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Anshum Gupta <ansh...@apple.com> wrote: > 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 andbehavior. Some changes may require a re-index of your > content. You are thus encouraged to thoroughlyread the "Upgrade Notes" at > http://lucene.apache.org/solr/7_0_0/changes/Changes.html or in theCHANGES.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/ > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Anshum Gupta <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> 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> 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> >> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > >
