Perhaps https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-15378 should be investigated before 8.9, maybe make it a blocker?
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 1:35 AM Robert Muir <[email protected]> wrote: > Mayya, I created backport for Adrien's issue here, to try to help out: > https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/pull/2495 > > Personally, I felt that merging non-trivial changes from main branch > to 8.x has some additional risks when cherry-picking: > * structural changes in main branch making merging more difficult > (e.g. LUCENE-9705 reorganization of codec versioning, great change > moving forwards though) > * there are many style changes due to spotless in main branch which > add noise to merging against old code. > * In the specific case of LUCENE-9827, the usual additional tricky > backwards compatibility for 8.x must be added in the backport (due to > minor version bumps there) which can go wrong. > > I still think that particular change is worth considering for 8.9, it > isn't just a performance bug but also a huge improvement to test > coverage that helps combat risks. > > But we should still take some precautions when releasing an 8.x IMO: > * be mindful of what we are backporting and the risks involved: it is > harder. > * try to let jenkins bake changes in 8.x branches for longer than > usual? even a few days really helps. > > On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 1:29 PM Mayya Sharipova > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks everyone, > > > > Adrien, I am happy to try to be a release manager for this release. > > > > Adrien, and Gus, please let me know when your changes are merged to 8.x > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 10:38 AM Gus Heck <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I'm also looking to find time to get > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-14597 into some sort of 8x. > I've recently completed the back port of 2/3 of the lucene tickets that are > related, and hope to work on the third tomorrow.... > >> > >> I had some feedback there, but I think folks were waiting for the > version integrated with the final form of the Lucene tickets before delving > further. Hopefully this week I can start on a patch that does that. > >> > >> On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 10:25 AM Adrien Grand <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I would like to backport LUCENE-9827 before we release 8.9, a > performance regression to stored fields merges. I'll work on this as soon > as possible. > >>> > >>> On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 10:28 PM Adrien Grand <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> +1 > >>>> > >>>> Mayya, are you volunteering to be the release manager? > >>>> > >>>> Le jeu. 6 mai 2021 à 18:06, Ishan Chattopadhyaya < > [email protected]> a écrit : > >>>>> > >>>>> +1 > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 7:50 PM Mayya Sharipova < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hello everyone, > >>>>>> I was wondering if we can have a 8.9.0 release. It has been more > than 3 months since 8.8.0 was released. > >>>>>> 8.9.0 doesn't need to be the last release in the 8.x series. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Adrien > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://www.needhamsoftware.com (work) > >> http://www.the111shift.com (play) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- http://www.needhamsoftware.com (work) http://www.the111shift.com (play)
