Hi Vimal,
Indeed I think it is unlikely I have the energy for a 3rd edition ... but
anyone can drive the 3rd edition, not just the prior authors. New authors
welcome!
> Since 2nd edition ( based on lucene 4),
I'm sorry to say that 2nd edition is based on Lucene 3.0 not 4! It's even
older than
Nature abhors being anything but an author by name on a second tech book.
The ruse is up after one when you have the inputs crystalized and the
hourly wage in hand. Hard to find anything but executive producers after
that. I’d shoot for a persuasive crowdfunding attempt.