Rich, Jacques, Thanks for bringing this to the attention of the community. I guess the reason is that in past discussions no agreement could be established on what to do with it. Some fear it is lost forever when removed.
re:If memory serves, Lucene is still used while indexing products and content. You're correct. But it is also true that the framework code works with the plugins. Met vriendelijke groet, Pierre Smits *Proud* *contributor** of* Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org/> since 2008 (without privileges) *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President* *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member* Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 1:48 PM Jacques Le Roux < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rishi, > > If memory serves, Lucene is still used while indexing products and content. > > Jacques > > Le 28/02/2020 à 12:37, Rishi Solanki a écrit : > > Dear All, > > I was checking all plugins developed with OFBiz. I see both Solr and > > Lucene are there, may I know why we are keeping Lucene within plugins. > > > > As a framework we already have the Solr which resolves many functional > > aspects on the top of Lucene library. Do we have any good reason to keep > > the Lucene with us, as far as I remember we sample integration/indexing > is > > there, but not in use anywhere. > > > > May be we can remove Lucene if it is not in use as we are already using > > Solr. Or may be we have good reason to keep both, one reason I could > think > > of is backward compatibility. Please share your thoughts on this. > > > > Purpose of this email is not to remove the Lucene as plugin, but wanted > to > > clarify why we are keeping it. > > > > Best Regards, > > -- > > Rishi Solanki > > *CTO, Mindpath Technology* > > cell: +91-98932-87847 > > LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishi-solanki-62271b7/> > >
