+1, we should definitely give this a try. Do you have any particular version combinations in mind that don't work for users now? On my end, I see Solr 8x users who would love to use Solr 9x, but with Lucene 8x indexes (previously upgraded from Lucene 7x).
On Thu, 27 Jun 2024 at 23:17, Anshum Gupta <ans...@anshumgupta.net> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > At Buzzwords and Community Over Code this last month, the topic of > supporting indexes for over 2 versions came up. > > While there are times that require breaking compatibility, I think it > would be really useful to support the indexes especially if you use a codec > that doesn't have a breaking change. This would be extremely useful for > users and would allow them to upgrade without the need to plan for complete > reindexing. > > What do other folks think? > > -- > Anshum Gupta >
