OK, in that case I'll try my best to keep the 8.6.3 process moving then, so Atri can stick as close to his proposed schedule as possible. My apologies - I didn't realize I'd be putting the brakes on 8.7 by proposing a bug-fix release. But the reasons make sense given what others mentioned above.
> As branch_8_6 should be pretty stable by now I wonder if we really need to > wait one week? There's no special reason on my end. I suggested a week to give others time to backport anything they wanted included, but I'm happy to start the process as soon as all the expected changes land. Best, Jason On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 1:48 AM Anshum Gupta <ans...@anshumgupta.net> wrote: > > Simultaneous releases are also confusing for users, in addition to the > back-compat tests as our website chronologically lists our releases and it > gets complicated for someone reading the 'News' page. > > As 8.7 isn't a release that needs to be rushed, waiting until 8.6.3 is > released and back-compat indexes are pushed will make things easier for the > RMs and community. > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 1:43 PM David Smiley <dsmi...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> Jason: Thanks for volunteering to do an 8.6.3! I recently fixed SOLR-14768, >> multipart HTTP POST was broken in 8.6 (a regression I introduced). If you >> can't do the release or need help, I will take over. It's the least I can >> offer in repentance for the regression. >> >> ~ David Smiley >> Apache Lucene/Solr Search Developer >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 10:07 AM Jason Gerlowski <gerlowsk...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I ran into a query-parsing bug recently in SOLR-14859 that caused >>> problems for some of my usecases. I wanted to volunteer as RM for an >>> 8.6.3 to get a bugfix release out for users that aren't ready for some >>> of the bigger changes in 8.7 >>> >>> I was thinking of cutting the branch in a week's time to give others a >>> chance to backport any bug-fixes they might want included, with an RC >>> to follow shortly. Does anyone have any concerns with that plan, or >>> have anything they'd like to fix or backport before an 8.6.3 goes out? >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org >>> > > > -- > Anshum Gupta --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
