Thanks Ishan for the initiative! I think that’s a good idea if it allows testing that branch, assuming some are ready to invest what it takes and run this in production (maybe not with user facing prod traffic?).
I do not think naming it Solr 10 is a good idea though, as it is likely very different from what will end up being in Solr 10 (and even from what will be in Solr 9. I do hope we manage to port to master all these improvements! Ilan On Sat 3 Oct 2020 at 21:42, Ishan Chattopadhyaya <ichattopadhy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Devs, > > As you might be aware, the reference_impl branch has a lot of improvements > that we want to see in Solr master. However, it is currently a large > deviation from master and hence the stability and reliability (though > improved in certain aspects) remains to be tested in real production > environments before we gain confidence in bringing those changes to master. > > I propose that we do a one off preview release from that branch, say Solr > 10 alpha (early access) or any other name that someone suggests, so that > users could try it out and report regressions or improvements etc. > > I volunteer to be the RM and planning to start the process around 1 > December-15 December timeframe. Until then, we can tighten the loose ends > on the branch and plan for such a release. > > Is there any thoughts, concerns, questions? > > Regards, > Ishan >
