I scan it for all big changes, not just features. Is a version of Java dropped 
in this release? That sort of thing should be included.

wunder
Walter Underwood
[email protected]
http://observer.wunderwood.org/  (my blog)


> On Sep 20, 2017, at 9:12 AM, Anshum Gupta <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Do you mean to remove the note about upgrading completely? Currently it’s 
> just a pointer to the CHANGES and recommends users to go through it before 
> upgrading.
> 
> -Anshum
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 20, 2017, at 8:34 AM, Joel Bernstein <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> 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/ <http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/>
>> 
>> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Anshum Gupta <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> 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/ <http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/>
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Joel Bernstein <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>> I just made the edit.
>>>> 
>>>> Joel Bernstein
>>>> http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/ <http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/>
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Joel Bernstein <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> 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/ <http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/>
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Christine Poerschke (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON) 
>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 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: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> At: 09/20/17 
>>>> 15:54:54
>>>> To:  Christine Poerschke (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON )  
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>,  [email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>> 
>>>> 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) 
>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 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: [email protected] <> At: 09/20/17 15:02:38
>>>>> To:  [email protected] <>
>>>>> Subject: Re: Release 7.0 process starts
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 9:16 AM Jan Høydahl <[email protected] 
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 
>>>>> <http://linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley> | Book: 
>>>>> http://www.solrenterprisesearchserver.com 
>>>>> <http://www.solrenterprisesearchserver.com/>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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