+1 to Uwe's suggestion

On Mon, 22 Nov, 2021, 11:13 am Gus Heck, <[email protected]> wrote:

> +1 to uwe's suggestion
>
> On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 10:42 PM Noble Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I think this is a reasonable suggestion Uwe.
>>
>> - We don't need to bring Gradle to 8.x
>> - We can release 8.12 from a fork of 8.11.
>> - we don't need to keep the Lucene source files in that branch. We can
>> nuke it and just keep the Lucene binaries
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021, 8:49 AM Uwe Schindler <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> If this is really needed, I'd propose the following:
>>>
>>> - fork the branch_8_11 to solr's repo
>>> - delete all subdirectories below lucene, keep common-build and other
>>> stuff.
>>> - add a single ivy.xml there that refers to all lucene jars of 8.11.x
>>> (latest)
>>> - adapt solr's "copy-lucene-jars" ant task to copy the ivy output dir
>>> - delete the lucene stuff from release wizard.
>>>
>>> This is quick and easy. Adapting Gradle for a minor release is too hard.
>>>
>>> Am 21. November 2021 21:34:40 UTC schrieb Noble Paul <
>>> [email protected]>:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Uwe Schindler
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Achterdiek 19, D-28357 Bremen
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.thetaphi.de
>>>>>>
>>>>>> eMail: [email protected]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *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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>>>>>> >> >> >> >> Uwe Schindler
>>>>>> >> >> >> >> Achterdiek 19, 28357 Bremen
>>>>>> >> >> >> >> https://www.thetaphi.de
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>>>>>
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>>>>> Adrien
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>>> Uwe Schindler
>>> Achterdiek 19, 28357 Bremen
>>> https://www.thetaphi.de
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