> > For what it's worth, I'd like to speak up for the inclusion of > > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-236 (Field Collapsing). This > > is a critical feature for us and would love to not have to wait for 1.5 > > (or run a patched version). Judging by the number of votes and watchers > > on the issue, I think it's important for others as well. Just my 2c! > > > > I hear you Patrick. It is the most voted/watched issue in the list along > with SOLR-284 (which we now have in the form of ExtractingRequestHandler > aka > Solr Cell) and I'd really like to have this feature in Solr. > > Unfortunately, I'm not very familar with the patch(es) and the discussion > and I don't have the bandwidth to work through it right now. But, seeing > that at least three committers (Yonik, Ryan and Otis) have been involved > at > different times, if someone is willing to work through the hoops, I'm sure > folks would be willing to shepherd it along. >
Willing, but possibly not able =) I'll give it a go but honestly I have no idea what I'm getting into (haven't hacked SOLR before). > Looking at the current state of things, I'm not sure how much time it > would > take. Typically, we like to have big features such as this, sit in the > trunk > for a while so that user reported bugs are ironed out before a release. It > may not be wise to wait that long for a release, since we already have a > lot > of major un-released features in trunk. > -- > Regards, > Shalin Shekhar Mangar. Indeed that's an excellent policy and I wouldn't want to suggest anything otherwise for this feature. If it does get pushed to 1.5, do you have a rough plan for the length of that dev cycle? 2-3 months perhaps? Best Regards, Patrick
