I think the release highlights are about what's exciting in the release. So leading with the most exciting features is the way to go. Informing people of changes that will affect them can be done in the upgrade notes in CHANGES.txt.
What do other people think about this? Joel Bernstein http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/ On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Anshum Gupta <ansh...@apple.com> wrote: > Also, I think it might make sense to add a line saying that the Ref Guide > for 7.0 would be released soon. > > -Anshum > > > > On Sep 20, 2017, at 8:20 AM, Anshum Gupta <ansh...@apple.com> wrote: > > Sounds good. > > Also, I am not a java expert like Uwe, and a few others here so let me > know if we should leave in the ‘Jigsaw’ part. > > David, you added that yesterday and Mike looked at the Lucene release > notes and let it stay there. So I was wondering if it’s > important/reasonable enough to highlight in the release notes. > > -Anshum > > > > On Sep 20, 2017, at 8:12 AM, Joel Bernstein <joels...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would also consider changing the order of the list to highlight the most > interesting features. > > If I saw this as the top highlight I would think of this is mainly a > maintenance release. > > > Indented JSON is now the default response format for all APIs, pass wt=json > and/or indent=off to use the previous unindented XML format. > > > > > Joel Bernstein > http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/ > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Joel Bernstein <joels...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I just made the edit. >> >> Joel Bernstein >> http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/ >> >> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Joel Bernstein <joels...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> For streaming expressions let's go with: >>> >>> Solr 7 Streaming Expressions adds a new statistical programming syntax >>> for >>> the statistical analysis of sql queries, random samples, time series and >>> graph result sets. >>> >>> >>> Joel Bernstein >>> http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Christine Poerschke (BLOOMBERG/ >>> LONDON) <cpoersc...@bloomberg.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Cool. How about 7th and 8th bullet points like this. 8th bullet ending >>>> in Java 9 future magic still, not that the magic counts but fitting things >>>> on roughly a screen full for folks to easily get the gist of the new >>>> release is important I think. >>>> >>>> -Christine >>>> >>>> * Solr 7 adds Streaming Expressions, a new statistical programming >>>> syntax for >>>> the statistical analysis of sql queries, random samples, time series and >>>> graph result sets. >>>> >>>> * Solr 7 is tested with and verified to support Java 9 >>>> >>>> From: dev@lucene.apache.org At: 09/20/17 15:54:54 >>>> To: Christine Poerschke (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON ) <cpoersc...@bloomberg.net>, >>>> dev@lucene.apache.org >>>> >>>> Subject: Re: Release 7.0 process starts >>>> >>>> This looks good, other than the wt=xml correction in #1, as Varun >>>> pointed out. Also, I really think we should highlight streaming expressions >>>> (Math Engine) even if that means we don’t hit the ‘7 points’ mark :). >>>> >>>> -Anshum >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sep 20, 2017, at 7:21 AM, Christine Poerschke (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON) < >>>> cpoersc...@bloomberg.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Totally agree with choosing _7_ highlights for the Solr _7_ release! >>>> >>>> Below is the revised draft I came up with: >>>> >>>> (Notice that v2 is the 2nd bullet, though I think it yet needs to >>>> mention one or _two_ benefits of using the new API especially since we >>>> mention that /solr/ continues to work.) >>>> >>>> (Also notice some re-ordering of the bullets starting with the >>>> used-by-many JSON first, then v2 API second, then third collection creation >>>> which mentions faceting and so leads over to the fourth bullet re: facet >>>> refinement. Fifth is the new replica types (that bullet being slightly >>>> longer than the others to explain what the types are about). Sixth is >>>> auto-scaling which mentions future releases (would folks use new replica >>>> types first before moving on to auto-scaling?). Seventh and last then is >>>> Solr _7_ mention with Java _9_ i.e. the just-arrived future again there.) >>>> >>>> Solr 7.0 Release Highlights: >>>> >>>> * Indented JSON is now the default response format for all APIs, >>>> pass wt=json and/or indent=off to use the previous unindented XML >>>> format. >>>> >>>> * The new v2 API, exposed at /api/ and also supported via SolrJ, is now >>>> the >>>> preferred API, but /solr/ continues to work. >>>> >>>> * A new `_default` configset is used if no config is specified at >>>> collection >>>> creation. The data-driven functionality of this configset indexes >>>> strings as >>>> analyzed text while at the same time copying to a `*_str` field >>>> suitable for >>>> faceting. >>>> >>>> * The JSON Facet API now supports two-phase facet refinement to ensure >>>> accurate >>>> counts and statistics for facet buckets returned in distributed mode. >>>> >>>> * Replica Types - Solr 7 supports different replica types, which handle >>>> updates >>>> differently. In addition to pure NRT operation where all replicas build >>>> an >>>> index and keep a replication log, you can now also add so called PULL >>>> replicas, achieving the read-speed optimized benefits of a master/slave >>>> setup while at the same time keeping index redundancy. >>>> >>>> * Auto-scaling. Solr can now allocate new replicas to nodes using a new >>>> auto >>>> scaling policy framework. This framework will in future releases enable >>>> Solr >>>> to move shards around based on load, disk etc. >>>> >>>> * Solr 7 is tested with and verified to support Java 9. >>>> >>>> From: dev@lucene.apache.org At: 09/20/17 15:02:38 >>>> To: dev@lucene.apache.org >>>> Subject: Re: Release 7.0 process starts >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 9:16 AM Jan Høydahl <jan....@cominvent.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> And please, I was serious about choosing 7 major features and not >>>>> adding random single improvements. The list has already creeped from 7 to >>>>> 9 >>>>> bullets. If you want to add something, then ask youself which of the other >>>>> bullets that are less important to MOST USERS and then replace that bullet >>>>> instead of adding more. Agree? >>>>> >>>> >>>> I agree with that very much! *Each bullet added de-values the list as >>>> a whole. *IMO the Java 9 bullet can be removed (too few are even >>>> using it yet) and we get to 8 bullets; and those 8 are pretty good. >>>> -- >>>> Lucene/Solr Search Committer, Consultant, Developer, Author, Speaker >>>> LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley | Book: >>>> http://www.solrenterprisesearchserver.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > >
