On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:13 AM, Uwe Schindler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> In my opinion, we *must* allow changing LiveDocs in any codec that is for 
> migration (also in 5.x) but forced read-only. Of course in 5.x no longer 
> needs support for 3.x indexes, but that’s another story. The reason for this 
> *requirement* (and therefore the issue is blocker) is the special case for 
> LiveDocs:
> - Every part of an index except Livedocs is unmodifiable after the segment 
> was flushed/committed/whatever. This allows to make a read-only codec like we 
> have currently!
> - BUT: The Livedocs file is special, as it can and must be modified after the 
> segment was created (e.g. for document updates). To allow correct migration 
> of older indexes, we must support this also in read-only codecs. We must also 
> add this to the "backwards guideline".

I disagree with this.

The fact we had it for so long like this, released alpha and beta, and
only one lone user reported anything speaks volumes.

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