Thanks Vigya. I tried to put what to me are the main release highlights (faster lexical search, faster vector search, faster terms dictionary lookups) at the top, and frame them in a way that sounds exciting. Let me know what you think!
On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM Vigya Sharma <vigya.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I've published draft release notes for the upcoming Apache Lucene 10.3.0 > release here: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/LUCENE/ReleaseNote10_3_0 > > Please let me know if you think any notable changes are missed or > misrepresented. You can also directly edit the release notes page, but let > me know if you have major changes so we don't lose them across iterations. > > Adrien – I see some weird formatting on the word "directly" in my last > reply. Had typed it on the phone, don't know how that happened! > > Thanks, > Vigya > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM Vigya Sharma <vigya.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Adrien, >> >> I started working on them in my local copy. Let me create a 10.3 release >> notes page and add a note that it’s work in progress. Then you can >> directly update it with your edits. I’ll share it with you by tomorrow; >> on my way to Community Over Code NA now. >> >> Vigya >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM Adrien Grand <jpou...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Vigya, can you let me know when you start working on release notes? >>> There are a few changes I contributed to in 10.3 that I'd like to help give >>> some color to. Thank you! >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM Vigya Sharma <vigya.w...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you all. Then we'll move forward with the branch cut on 9/1 end >>>> of day PST. >>>> >>>> Vigya >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM Michael McCandless < >>>> luc...@mikemccandless.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> +1, this is no longer a blocker, there's some ghost lurking in the >>>>> nightly KNN indexing throughput chart, Uwe made gobbs of improvements to >>>>> GroupVarInt, and we saw evidence of filtered KNN and Prefix queries >>>>> getting >>>>> faster with his most recent gobb (8/25 nightly run >>>>> <https://benchmarks.mikemccandless.com/2025.08.25.18.04.16.html>). >>>>> >>>>> Let's release! Thank you Vigya! >>>>> >>>>> Mike McCandless >>>>> >>>>> http://blog.mikemccandless.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM Uwe Schindler <u...@thetaphi.de> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Yes, looks fine. All is backported! >>>>>> >>>>>> Uwe >>>>>> Am 28.08.2025 um 21:36 schrieb Adrien Grand: >>>>>> >>>>>> I'll let Mike/Uwe reply if they think otherwise, but recent comments >>>>>> on the issue suggest that we're no longer treating this issue as a >>>>>> blocker. >>>>>> We're most likely chasing ghosts. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM Adrien Grand <jpou...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I would treat it as a blocker. I think that there's a good chance >>>>>>> that it gets addressed in the coming week, so hopefully it doesn't delay >>>>>>> the release. Let's discuss options next Friday if it's still not >>>>>>> addressed? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM Vigya Sharma <vigya.w...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm proposing to cut the branch ten days from today, on *September >>>>>>>> 1st, 2025*. Please plan accordingly for any changes you have lined >>>>>>>> up for the 10.3.0 release. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Looking at the list of issues and PRs marked for the 10.3.0 >>>>>>>> milestone, I see 2 open issues >>>>>>>> <https://github.com/apache/lucene/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3A10.3.0> >>>>>>>> and 11 open PRs >>>>>>>> <https://github.com/apache/lucene/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+milestone%3A10.3.0> >>>>>>>> as of today. Re: blockers – >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 1. Mike had flagged the nightly benchmark regressions (#15079 >>>>>>>> <https://github.com/apache/lucene/issues/15079>). I see the >>>>>>>> issue was reopened today with an alt impl. >>>>>>>> <https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/15116> for GroupVInt >>>>>>>> optimization. Is this a blocker for 10.3? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I don't see any issues/PRs with the "blocker" label yet, but will >>>>>>>> keep an eye out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> Vigya >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM Michael McCandless < >>>>>>>> luc...@mikemccandless.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I think this may become a blocker issue: >>>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/lucene/issues/15079 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'll try to make progress on it in the next few days, or we try >>>>>>>>> reverting GroupVarInt to see if that recovers the lost perf. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Mike McCandless >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://blog.mikemccandless.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM Ankit Jain <jain.ank...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Mike, Vigya - I was wondering the same with the second week >>>>>>>>>> conflicting with both OpenSearchCon and Community Over Code. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> +1 for 9/1. Will prefer to talk about the recent 10.3 release >>>>>>>>>> than upcoming 10.3 during the conference! :) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM Vigya Sharma < >>>>>>>>>> vigya.w...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> > I can see us all saying “hooray” as he clicks the final >>>>>>>>>>> button! >>>>>>>>>>> Lol, no pressure! :D >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Second week of September will be difficult, with OpenSearchCon >>>>>>>>>>> and Community Over Code back to back in the same week. I am >>>>>>>>>>> thinking we >>>>>>>>>>> either do it in the first week (cut branch on 9/1), or in the third >>>>>>>>>>> week >>>>>>>>>>> (cut branch on 9/15). I am leaning towards 9/1, so we don't delay >>>>>>>>>>> it too >>>>>>>>>>> much if we have to respin for some bugs. Thoughts? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM Eric Pugh < >>>>>>>>>>> ep...@opensourceconnections.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> That is a great reason to do the release! I can see us all >>>>>>>>>>>> saying “hooray” as he clicks the final button! >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM Michael Sokolov < >>>>>>>>>>>> msoko...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> OK, 10.3 release as an on-stage performance, Vigya! >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM Michael McCandless >>>>>>>>>>>>> <luc...@mikemccandless.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > +1 for 10.3 release. Note that Community over Code NA is >>>>>>>>>>>>> Sep 11 - Sep 14 in Minneapolis so some of us might be less >>>>>>>>>>>>> responsive ... >>>>>>>>>>>>> but I don't think that's a reason to alter the plan (hmm, except >>>>>>>>>>>>> I think >>>>>>>>>>>>> Vigya is attending the conference heh). >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > Mike McCandless >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > http://blog.mikemccandless.com >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM Houston Putman < >>>>>>>>>>>>> hous...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> It should all be in the releaseWizard.py. Its a very >>>>>>>>>>>>> interactive script, so you shouldn't need much prior information >>>>>>>>>>>>> going into >>>>>>>>>>>>> it. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> I believe the script can export to markdown or something >>>>>>>>>>>>> similar, but I would recommend just running the script itself. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> - Houston >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM Vigya Sharma < >>>>>>>>>>>>> vigya.w...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> Hi All, >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> I can volunteer to be the release manager for 10.3. I >>>>>>>>>>>>> haven't done this before, but I believe I need to follow – >>>>>>>>>>>>> releaseWizard.py >>>>>>>>>>>>> ? Is there a readme that lists out all the steps? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> Vigya >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM Dawid Weiss < >>>>>>>>>>>>> dawid.we...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> +1. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM Chris Hegarty >>>>>>>>>>>>> <christopher.hega...@elastic.co.invalid> >>>>>>>>>>>>> <christopher.hega...@elastic.co.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> branch_10x is looking great - we’ve got a bunch of solid >>>>>>>>>>>>> improvements and optimisations ready to go. Let’s get them into >>>>>>>>>>>>> the hands >>>>>>>>>>>>> of our users! >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> I’m proposing we target a 10.3 release for mid-September >>>>>>>>>>>>> (around the second or third week). I’ll find a volunteer to take >>>>>>>>>>>>> on release >>>>>>>>>>>>> manager duties, or I can step in myself. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Sending this early so we can plan around summer >>>>>>>>>>>>> vacations and keep things running smoothly. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> -Chris >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>>>>>>>>>>>> dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>>>>>>>>>>> dev-h...@lucene.apache.org >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >>>>>>>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Adrien >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Adrien >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Uwe SchindlerAchterdiek 19, D-28357 Bremen >>>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/Achterdiek+19,+D-28357+Bremen?entry=gmail&source=g>https://www.thetaphi.de >>>>>> eMail: u...@thetaphi.de >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Adrien >>> >> -- Adrien
