Our messages crossed, but I read yours after I sent mine and I think I agree with you. I hear “deprecated” and think “it’s going away someday” but I keep getting questions from people (even inside Lucidworks) who are panicking like it’s gone in 8.6.3 already.
Speaking more generally, though, in some cases, though, we don’t know if it's moving - there is no maintainer yet. Until the repo exists and has some semblance of organization (a README, etc.), I think it’s very misleading to say something will exist somewhere else when it may not. HDFS is an example of this. The Deprecations page at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SOLR/Deprecations says “Community package efforts underway”, but as far as I can see that’s just a link to a Jira issue where some discussion happened back in July. There is no repo at all yet. The plugin may or may not ever arrive. On Oct 15, 2020, 4:23 PM -0500, David Smiley <dsmi...@apache.org>, wrote: > Thanks Cassandra. I read it. IMO, I think the word "Deprecated" is just too > misleading for plugins that are *moving*. > > ~ David Smiley > Apache Lucene/Solr Search Developer > http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley > > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 5:16 PM Cassandra Targett <casstarg...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > I updated the Ref Guide for 8.7 to include a link to the plugin repo (for > > > all plugins which have an established repo, not just DIH), hoping that > > > would help answer user questions and spur adoption. That’s just a > > > super-minor thing, but it’s something. > > > > > > If Rohit doesn’t have time to be a maintainer now and no one else wants > > > to be, would a separate GitHub org help that? I understand the motivation > > > for sharing the burden…I guess you’re thinking that single org would > > > allow people to be maintainers on multiple plugins? > > > > > > Draft for 8.7 Guide is here if interested to see what I did: > > > https://nightlies.apache.org/Lucene/Solr-reference-guide-8.x/uploading-structured-data-store-data-with-the-data-import-handler.html > > > On Oct 15, 2020, 3:52 PM -0500, Jan Høydahl <jan....@cominvent.com>, > > > wrote: > > > > Some of those issues are opened by me, not beause I plan to be a DIH > > > > maintainer myself, but I was hoping that Rohit had some real interest > > > > in forming a comunity. > > > > Turns out that the plugin is as good as dead on arrival, which is > > > > really disappointing. > > > > > > > > We as the donator could perhaps help by sending an email, with a > > > > reminder that DIH is being deprecated and that the new plugin really > > > > needs more maintainers. > > > > That’s why I filed > > > > https://github.com/rohitbemax/dataimporthandler/issues/12, else people > > > > arriving to the page would not even know how to contribute or become a > > > > committer. > > > > I could whip up a PR for the README inviting contributors, but I’m > > > > honestly not so sure that newcomers would feel welcome, as their > > > > contributions would likely attract no attention :( > > > > > > > > So I wonder if instead someone (Ishan?) should setup a new GitHub > > > > organization, migrate the project there, and add Rohit and others as > > > > maintainers. That lifts the burden off one man's shoulders. > > > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > > a15. okt. 2020 kl. 21:40 skrev Marcus Eagan <marcusea...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > > > > There’s always issues opened in every product that aren’t being > > > > > closed. Everyone who knows it or cares about it should be pitching in. > > > > > > > > > > Marcus > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 12:21 Eric Pugh > > > > > > <ep...@opensourceconnections.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I noticed that we’re getting tickets like SOLR-14938 opened that > > > > > > > are all about the future of DIH. I know some of my own clients > > > > > > > are asking about it as well. I suspect we will get more and > > > > > > > more of these! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wonder if there are any ideas/suggestions on how to better > > > > > > > communicate that DIH isn’t going away, and indeed, it’s moving to > > > > > > > a better place (I hope!). Do we want to add to the UI a message > > > > > > > about “join the new community at > > > > > > > https://github.com/rohitbemax/dataimporthandler”? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Having said that, I see issues opening at > > > > > > > https://github.com/rohitbemax/dataimporthandler and not being > > > > > > > closed, so I do have some concerns that a supportive community > > > > > > > may not actually be forming. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________ > > > > > > > Eric Pugh | Founder & CEO | OpenSource Connections, LLC | > > > > > > > 434.466.1467 | http://www.opensourceconnections.com | My Free/Busy > > > > > > > Co-Author: Apache Solr Enterprise Search Server, 3rd Ed > > > > > > > This e-mail and all contents, including attachments, is > > > > > > > considered to be Company Confidential unless explicitly stated > > > > > > > otherwise, regardless of whether attachments are marked as such. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Marcus Eagan > > > > > > > > >
