Chris Hostetter wrote: > : Hmm, actually this is probably too restrictive. But maybe we could say > : that Lucene 3.0 doesn't have to be able to read indexes built with > : versions older than 2.0? > > that is in fact the position that lucene has had since as long as i've ben > involved with it... > > http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-java/BackwardsCompatibility > >>> File formats are back-compatible between major versions. Version X.N >>> should be able to read indexes generated by any version after and >>> including version X-1.0, but may-or-may-not be able to read indexes >>> generated by version X-2.N. > > 3.X must be able to read file created by 2.Y (where X and Y can be any > number) > >
Oups, I should have read that page again before asking the question here. Thanks for clarifying, Hoss. I think 3.0 will be the first version which doesn't have to read all old index formats then. (I don't think there was a 0.x release?) -Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
