Thanks for the reply. Any idea how much time it would take to go for 4.0 stable release? I want to go for v4.0 but i have to use only the stable version.
Regards Ganesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shai Erera" <ser...@gmail.com> To: <java-user@lucene.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:50 AM Subject: Re: Upgrade to 3.6 OR wait for 4.0 > Hi Ganesh > > I recently upgraded my code to 3.6, and yesterday finished part of my > upgrades to 4.0-ALPHA. > > Upgrading from 3.0.3 to 3.6 is relatively easy as all API should be > backwards compatible. But I think there were some API breaks, and > back-compat issues. Therefore, if I were you, I'd first upgrade from 3.0.3 > to 3.6, resolving all 'deprecated' API warnings and making sure the > back-compat issues do not affect me (or resolve them too !). > > Then, I'd upgrade to 4.0-ALPHA. A lot of API has been changed, and so most > likely you'll need to touch large parts of your code again. > > Going this route, you gain all the new features and enhancements of 3.6, > while knowing that you run on a 'stable' Lucene version. Upgrading to > 4.0-ALPHA comes with even more gains, but this release will probably go > under some API changes (API is expected to freeze in BETA), though the > index format is not going to change in incompatible ways (unless there's a > bug ... you can read the release notes), so depending on how much you want > to risk doing the upgrade for a still 'work in progress' code. > > Hope this helps. > > Shai > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Ganesh <emailg...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I am currently using v3.0.3 and planning to upgrade to v3.6. Shall i go >> ahead with the upgrade OR wait for 4.0? >> >> Regards >> Ganesh >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
