I think an update is _always_ a welcomed thing not only for feature set but also security and bug fixes. So always +1 to upgrade to new versions of anything.
However, I have to say Solr and Birt are two massive components in terms of dependencies. So while upgrading and fixing compilation errors if we can refactor anything to make it lighter that would be an added value On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 2:15 AM, Michael Brohl <michael.br...@ecomify.de> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > there's an new Solr/Lucene version released. Should we do an update? > > It will need some refactoring, there are a few compile errors to be solved. > > I'd create a Jira and do this work if we want to update, what do you think? > > Regards, > > Michael > > > Am 20.09.16 um 22:26 schrieb Shalin Shekhar Mangar: > >> >> 20 September 2016, Apache Solr™ 6.2.1 available >> >> The Lucene PMC is pleased to announce the release of Apache Solr 6.2.1 >> >> Solr is the popular, blazing fast, open source NoSQL search platform from >> the Apache Lucene project. Its major features include powerful full-text >> search, hit highlighting, faceted search and analytics, rich document >> parsing, geospatial search, extensive REST APIs as well as parallel SQL. >> Solr is enterprise grade, secure and highly scalable, providing fault >> tolerant distributed search and indexing, and powers the search and >> navigation features of many of the world's largest internet sites. >> >> This release includes 11 bug fixes since the 6.2.0 release. Some of the >> major fixes are: >> >> * >> >> SOLR-9490: BoolField always returning false for non-DV fields when >> javabin involved (via solrj, or intra node communication) >> >> * >> >> SOLR-9188: BlockUnknown property makes inter-node communication >> impossible >> >> * SOLR-9389: HDFS Transaction logs stay open for writes which leaks >> Xceivers >> * SOLR-9438: Shard split can fail to write commit data on shutdown >> leading to data loss >> >> Furthermore, this release includes Apache Lucene 6.2.1 which includes 3 >> bug fixes since the 6.2.0 release. >> >> The release is available for immediate download at: >> >> * >> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/lucene/solr/6.2.1 >> <http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/lucene/solr/6.2.1> >> >> Please read CHANGES.txt for a detailed list of changes: >> >> * >> >> https://lucene.apache.org/solr/6_2_1/changes/Changes.html >> <https://lucene.apache.org/solr/6_2_1/changes/Changes.html> >> >> Please report any feedback to the mailing lists ( >> http://lucene.apache.org/solr/discussion.html < >> http://lucene.apache.org/solr/discussion.html>) >> >> Note: The Apache Software Foundation uses an extensive mirroring network >> for distributing releases. It is possible that the mirror you are using may >> not have replicated the release yet. If that is the case, please try >> another mirror. This also goes for Maven access. >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Shalin Shekhar Mangar. >> > > >