All Solr users using 8x and they will need some time to get comfortable
with 9x . So, there is a good chance we may need to release an 8.12 based
on Lucene 8.11

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021, 8:22 AM Adrien Grand <[email protected]> wrote:

> +1 to making branch_8x read-only as Uwe suggested
>
> I think Uwe's other point is also important: if we ever wanted to do a
> Solr 8.12, it'd probably be a better option to fork the 8.11 branch than to
> try to reuse branch_8x. So we don't need to tie the decision about what we
> want to do with branch_8x with future plans around an 8.12 release?
>
> On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 7:48 PM Uwe Schindler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> This is of course all possible, but: WHY the heck do this?
>>
>>
>>
>> Lucene 9.0 will come out likely very soon. After that just update the
>> gradle file of Solr main and remove the temporary repository (better
>> comment it out). After that adapt some changes and release Solr 9.0.
>>
>>
>>
>> From that point on both projects have a clear split point and everybody
>> can make sure that the backwards compatibility is handled according to
>> project’s needs.
>>
>>
>>
>> If the Solr 9.0 release is a intermediary point (not all deprecations
>> removed), release Solr 10.0 four months later, who cares? Solr 9.0 will be
>> the release with many new features and Java 11 as minimum requirement.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would really, really not start and fuck up the release process for 8.x!
>> Why not release 8.11.1 soon, if you have any changes in Solr to do? Why do
>> this release needs to be called 8.12? It is just a version number, so why
>> the heck this big issues? I won’t think that Solr will add any major
>> features before Solr 9. So what is your exact problem?
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry, but this discussion is complete nonsense. Its just version numbers
>> and some hick-hack between two parties that disagree. Keep calm and don’t
>> try to make it overcomplicated!
>>
>>
>>
>> I never said that we should kill or delete branch_8x. It can stay there
>> forever. I just suggested to make it read-only and add a note. Unless
>> there’s really a need to do some 8.12 release (in which case, I’d fork 8.11
>> branch and move Lucene) I see no reason to act and fuck up the repositories
>> of both projects which have now a very clear state.
>>
>>
>>
>> Uwe
>>
>>
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>>
>> *From:* Gus Heck <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, November 21, 2021 5:05 PM
>> *To:* dev <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: What should we do of branch_8x?
>>
>>
>>
>> Release of Solr 8.12 It should require the current lucene-solr 8.x branch
>> to remove the lucene bits and declare a dependency on lucene 8.11 lucene,
>> that bit shouldn't be too hard if done soon... and the release process for
>> 8.x would not publish a lucene artifact which is likely the harder bit. I
>> think the option should be open assuming someone is willing to do that
>> work.What should not be an option is any further lucene releases on 8.x
>> and I'd be very leery of any attempt to consume lucene 9.0 on Solr 8.x
>>
>>
>>
>> The Lucene guarantees are irrelevant unless someone contemplates
>> releasing an 8.12 lucene, and I really think that would require a positive
>> vote from the Lucene PMC (which sounds very unlikely since I see fingers
>> twitching over the -1 holsters there :) )
>>
>>
>>
>> So while I don't favor deleting the entire solr 8.x branch I think it's
>> now fine to remove lucene from it.
>>
>>
>>
>> To make things pretty, one could push the 8.x branch to the solr repo
>> AFTER lucene is removed, but that sounds like busy work unless there is
>> some formal or financial need to close the old repo. They are now fully
>> separate projects and what solr does with the non-lucene bits is not a
>> concern to lucene pmc (though almost all of us are on both committees of
>> course, but hat wearing etc..)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 8:43 AM Robert Muir <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I dunno, this seems really crazy to me. Splitting out solr into its
>> own repository and allowing it to be released independently from
>> lucene has already been done, lots of work :) Why not just move
>> forwards?
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 8:16 AM Ishan Chattopadhyaya
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, 21 Nov, 2021, 6:31 pm Robert Muir, <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Sorry, I just don't understand the implications of what you are
>> suggesting.
>> >>
>> >> The code in question is lucene+solr combined, and the build system and
>> >> packaging and everything only knows how to do that. So are you forking
>> >> all the lucene code into the solr repo too?
>> >
>> >
>> > Need to split it up and remove the Lucene code from there in order to
>> be able to release Solr independently. We can do so later (I'm currently on
>> travel), if/when needed.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I don't really understand your need to have a branch_8x. we can nuke
>> >> it, and you can do any of this from a branch_8_11 some other day, no?
>> >
>> >
>> > I guess we can, just don't know the divergence. Just to be on the safer
>> side, don't want to lose access to the branch_8x over a weekend before I or
>> persons more knowledgeable (on the differences between the branches) than I
>> get a chance to review the situation. Hence, I just copied the branch there
>> for the moment.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 7:57 AM Ishan Chattopadhyaya
>> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > I don't think the solr PMC should issue Lucene 8.12 either.
>> >> > I never expressed any intention of doing so. Besides, is it even
>> possible (ASF policies wise)?
>> >> >
>> >> > This is a weekend, and I feel bad holding up the 9.0 release (since
>> this is a blocker). Solr PMC can decide later on Solr's releases, and hence
>> I'm going to copy this branch_8x over to Solr repo's
>> "lucene-solr/branch_8x" branch.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 6:14 PM Robert Muir <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I don't think the solr PMC should issue Lucene 8.12 either.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 7:42 AM Ishan Chattopadhyaya
>> >> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Sounds good, Rob. Should I copy over the branch_8x to the solr
>> repo until we have further clarity on the course of action to be taken with
>> Solr releases?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Sun, 21 Nov, 2021, 6:10 pm Robert Muir, <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Nope, it isn't crazy. I am trying to ensure the backwards
>> >> >> >> compatibility that we have is on solid, sustainable footing
>> before we
>> >> >> >> release a new version promising double the back compat.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 7:37 AM Ishan Chattopadhyaya
>> >> >> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Solr doesn't have backward compatability tests, only Lucene
>> has.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > That's why I proposed leaving the door open for a Solr 8.12
>> release based on already released 8.11 Lucene and not releasing any further
>> 8.x minor version release of Lucene.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > As I said, if that's problematic to do on branch_8x of
>> lucene-solr, then we can do so in the solr repo. If some urgent action to
>> nuke the branch is to be taken, please give some time to explore
>> alternatives that affect Solr's developement.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Holding up Lucene 9.0 release for removal of branch_8x is
>> lunacy, not the continued existence of this branch in the shared repo,
>> since a future course of action should be deliberated upon before nuking
>> the branch.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > On Sun, 21 Nov, 2021, 5:34 pm Uwe Schindler, <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> I fully agree with Robert here.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> I originally sent the question about branch_8x because of
>> this. Once we released Lucene 9.0 wen can't release 8.12, because the index
>> file format will be brand marked as originating from 8.12 then, which 9.0
>> will refuse to read.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> We can only release 8.11.x which is not allowed to have index
>> format changes and minor version numbers are not persisted.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> So -1 to release a 8.12 an time in future. If you still want
>> one, hold 9.0 release and add precautions for this.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> Imho. Let's stop releasing 8.12 or later for Lucene/Solr and
>> just add Bugfixes. This also applies to Solr. Later this is decoupled, so
>> Solr 9.1234 may use Lucene 10.4711.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> As said before: let's close branch 8.x and add protection to
>> it in GitHub. Anybox may merge Bugfixes directly from Solr or Lucene main I
>> to branch_8_11. I see no problem. Just no index changes!
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> Uwe
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> Am 21. November 2021 11:51:34 UTC schrieb Robert Muir <
>> [email protected]>:
>> >> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >> >>> I gave my technical justification: our backwards
>> compatibility testing
>> >> >> >> >>> doesnt work this way. 9.0 can't have guaranteed back compat
>> with
>> >> >> >> >>> versions coming in the future. This is lunacy.
>> >> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >> >>> On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 6:30 AM Ishan Chattopadhyaya
>> >> >> >> >>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >> >>>>  https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#Veto
>> >> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >> >>>>  "To prevent vetoes from being used capriciously, the voter
>> must provide with the veto a *technical justification* showing why the
>> change is bad (opens a security exposure, negatively affects performance,
>> etc. ). A veto without a justification is invalid and has no weight."
>> >> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >> >>>>  On Sun, 21 Nov, 2021, 3:30 pm Robert Muir, <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >>>>>
>> >> >> >> >>>>>
>> >> >> >> >>>>>  I think we should remove this branch.
>> >> >> >> >>>>>
>> >> >> >> >>>>>  personally, i'll probably -1 any commit to it. I'll see
>> if i can
>> >> >> >> >>>>>  automate such an email response with a gmail rule.
>> >> >> >> >>>>>
>> >> >> >> >>>>>  we already released lucene 9.0, we can't change backwards
>> >> >> >> >>>>>  compatibility for some 8.12, same old story, lets move on
>> people.
>> >> >> >> >>>>>
>> >> >> >> >>>>>  On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 9:29 AM Adrien Grand <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >> >>>>>>  Uwe brought up the question on a the vote thread: we are
>> not going to do a 8.12 release, so what should we do of branch_8x?
>> >> >> >> >>>>>
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