Thanks Yonik and Erick. That is helpful. I am slightly confused about the branch name conventions. I expected 7x to be named as branch_7_0 , am i misunderstanding something? Similar to branch_6_6 (for 6.6.x onwards) .
Regards Nawab On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Yonik Seeley <ysee...@gmail.com> wrote: > One can also use a nightly snapshot build to try out the latest stuff: > 7.x: https://builds.apache.org/job/Solr-Artifacts-7.x/ > lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/solr/package/ > 8.0: https://builds.apache.org/job/Solr-Artifacts-master/ > lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/solr/package/ > > -Yonik > > > On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Erick Erickson > <erickerick...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There's nothing preventing you from getting/compiling the latest Solr > > 7x (what will be 7.1) for your own use. There's information here: > > https://wiki.apache.org/solr/HowToContribute > > > > Basically, you get the code from Git (instructions provided at the > > link above) and execute the "ant package" command from the solr > > directory. After things churn for a while you should have the tgz and > > zip files just as though you have downloaded them from the Apache > > Wiki. You need Java 1.8 JDK and ant installed, and the first time you > > try to compile you may see instructions to execute an ant target that > > downloads ivy. > > > > One note, there was a comment recently that you may have to get > > ivy-2.4.0.jar to have the "ant package" complete successfully. > > > > Best, > > Erick > > > > On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Steve Rowe <sar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Nawab, > >> > >> Committership is a prerequisite for the Lucene/Solr release manager > role. > >> > >> Some info here about the release process: <https://wiki.apache.org/ > lucene-java/ReleaseTodo> > >> > >> -- > >> Steve > >> www.lucidworks.com > >> > >>> On Sep 26, 2017, at 11:28 AM, Nawab Zada Asad Iqbal <khi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Where can I learn more about this process? I am not a committer but I > am > >>> wondering if I know enough to do it. > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> Nawab > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 9:23 PM, Erick Erickson < > erickerick...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> In a word "no". Basically whenever a committer feels like there are > >>>> enough changes to warrant spinning a new version, they volunteer. > >>>> Nobody has stepped up to do that yet, although I expect it to be in > >>>> the next 2-3 months, but that's only a guess. > >>>> > >>>> Best, > >>>> Erick > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Nawab Zada Asad Iqbal < > khi...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> How are the release dates decided for new versions, are they known in > >>>>> advance? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks > >>>>> Nawab > >>>> > >> >
