Thanks Joe and Shawn. This is very useful information. @Joe, I need to upgrade and use synonym support of support. So I think I should better start with latest version.
.Best, Srini Sampath. .Best, Srini Sampath On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 8:42 PM, Joe Heasly <jhea...@llbean.com> wrote: > Srini, > > We upgraded from Solr 4.6 to 6.4 last summer. There are fundamental > differences between those versions in the way the default Boolean operator > and 'minimum should match' functions interact. Here's an excellent > discussion of the change here (Jason Hellman does it more justice than I > could hope to): > > http://blog.innoventsolutions.com/innovent-solutions-blog/ > 2017/02/solr-edismax-boolean-query.html > > If you're just starting out and you're starting with a recent version, > this won't matter. But if you're upgrading, it's critical to be aware. > > Regards, > Joe > > { Joe Heasly | L.L.Bean, Inc. | [O] 207 552-2254 [M] 207 756-9250 } > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Heisey [mailto:apa...@elyograg.org] > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 10:02 AM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: How different is solr 4.7 from latest version. > > On 1/12/2018 5:58 AM, srini sampath wrote: > > I am reading a book (Solr in action > > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.in_So > > lr-2DAction-2DTrey-2DGrainger_dp_1617291021&d=DwICaQ&c=uC6H3HqR7J0hkle > > XqZF0oA&r=LGfOV9gkzZFmyXgI5jYqo5FeO_fORxZZyF8winHfJ8s&m=xoJLS_ZP0u4l7P > > AGZslEYaLCEBqnoJfoXeneaibCb-8&s=rPpw1EkXBvtuGGJXE7VSTHcgViWw_6X0Au7zZW > > Af4iw&e=>) to understand how to work with different features in solr. It > uses solr 4.7 to explain features. But I don't find any better material > (IMHO, documentation has many looped references which makes it too > difficult to understand for a newbie). > > > > Does it cover all the features related to new version (like important > > features) or is it better to follow some other resource? > > The latest version is 7.2, and the 7.2.1 release is being finalized now. > > That's three major versions newer. Most of the info in that book will > still be relevant, but there is quite a bit of new functionality. > > Here's the reference guide that is published as official documentation. > You can download this as a PDF using the "Other Formats" link at the top > of the page: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lucene. > apache.org_solr_guide_7-5F2_&d=DwICaQ&c=uC6H3HqR7J0hkleXqZF0oA&r= > LGfOV9gkzZFmyXgI5jYqo5FeO_fORxZZyF8winHfJ8s&m=xoJLS_ > ZP0u4l7PAGZslEYaLCEBqnoJfoXeneaibCb-8&s=ISiRaa2CCBrg1Y3ElGGY8_ > I0fCvSGGKiJGjU8TcsAas&e= > > Full disclosure: There isn't very much available for extreme beginners. > This lack is something the project is aware of, but writing documentation > for the uninitiated is a difficult task. The reference guide isn't awful, > but it could be a lot better. > > For differences between versions, there is the CHANGES.txt file included > in every download. The reference guide also has a section about big > differences from the previous major version. > > Thanks, > Shawn >
