Ok I have it in the wiki in its own section but I condensed it.  Feel free to 
edit further as you desire.

James Dyer
E-Commerce Systems
Ingram Content Group
(615) 213-4311


-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Rowe [mailto:sar...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:59 AM
To: dev@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Re: 4.1 release notes: please review

My take on release notes is that they mainly talk about new features/big 
changes, and if other things are mentioned, they are only mentioned briefly.

But if you think it's worth its own section, go for it.

Steve

On Jan 17, 2013, at 11:47 AM, "Dyer, James" <james.d...@ingramcontent.com> 
wrote:

> Do you think it is appropriate that we put all of this in a section in the 
> release notes, or something more succinct?
> 
> James Dyer
> E-Commerce Systems
> Ingram Content Group
> (615) 213-4311
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Rowe [mailto:sar...@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:36 AM
> To: dev@lucene.apache.org
> Subject: Re: 4.1 release notes: please review
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> Please go ahead edit the wiki page - I'm sure you'll do a better job of 
> summarizing these than me.
> 
> Steve
> 
> On Jan 17, 2013, at 11:31 AM, "Dyer, James" <james.d...@ingramcontent.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Steve, This is pretty longwinded and maybe just the first sentence will 
>> suffice with "see the wiki for more information."  All of this is documented 
>> there, more or less.  None of this will affect very many people.
>> 
>> ----------
>> The DataImportHandler contrib module has some minor backwards-compatibility 
>> breaks in this release.
>> 
>> 1. Both NumberFormatTransformer & DateFormatTransformer default to the 
>> "root" locale if none is specified.  Prior versions used the JVM default 
>> locale.  It is strongly advised that users always specify the locale when 
>> using this transformer. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4095
>> 
>> 2. Both FileDataSoruce and FieldReaderDataSource default to UTF-8 encoding 
>> if none is specified.  Prior versions used the JVM default.  See 
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4096 .  Also, the behavior of 
>> DataSource and encoding may change again in a subsequent release.  See 
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-2347 .
>> 
>> 3. The "formatDate" evaluator now defaults to using the "root" locale.  
>> Prior versions used the JVM default.  Both the locale & timezone now can be 
>> specified using new optional parameters.  See 
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4086 & 
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-2201 .
>> 
>> 4. The "dataimport.properties" file, which holds the last indexed timestamp 
>> for use with delta imports, is now by default using the "root" locale.  This 
>> default can be overridden using the new <propertyWriter /> tag in 
>> data-config.xml.  Prior versions used the default JVM locale.  This is only 
>> of concern if your default locale uses different DataFormatSymbols than the 
>> "root" locale and if your installation depends on these alternate symbols 
>> (for instance if your RDMBS takes dates using your locale-specific date 
>> symbols). See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4051
>> 
>> 5. The experimental DIHProperties interface has changed, and is now an 
>> abstract class.  This will require code changes for anyone who has a custom 
>> DIHProperties.  Also note that future API changes with this class are 
>> possible in subsequent releases.  See 
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4051
>> 
>> 6. The Evaluator framework has received extensive refactoring.  Some custom 
>> evaluators may require code changes.  Specifically, public or protected 
>> methods from the EvaluatorBag class have been moved to the Evaluator 
>> abstract class that all Evalutators must extend.  See 
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4086
>> ----------
>> 
>> James Dyer
>> E-Commerce Systems
>> Ingram Content Group
>> (615) 213-4311
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Steve Rowe [mailto:sar...@gmail.com] 
>> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 1:26 AM
>> To: dev@lucene.apache.org
>> Subject: 4.1 release notes: please review
>> 
>> I took a crack at the Solr release note.
>> 
>> I added CommonTermsQuery to the Lucene release note that Robert has been 
>> maintaining - looks good to me otherwise.
>> 
>> Please help me whip these into shape.
>> 
>> Solr: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/ReleaseNote41
>> 
>> Lucene: http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-java/ReleaseNote41
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Steve 
>> 
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