There are, in fact, updates to many of Solr's dependencies that we should consider. I like the sound of 5-10% perf. improvement in HttpClient...
-Grant On Dec 11, 2009, at 12:53 PM, Erik Hatcher wrote: > FYI... > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> >> Date: December 11, 2009 2:20:50 PM GMT+01:00 >> To: annou...@apache.org, priv...@hc.apache.org, d...@hc.apache.org, >> httpclient-us...@hc.apache.org >> Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] HttpComponents HttpClient 4.0.1 (GA) Released >> Reply-To: HttpComponents Project <d...@hc.apache.org> >> >> HttpClient 4.0.1 is a bug fix release that addresses a number of issues >> discovered since the previous stable release. None of the fixed bugs is >> considered critical. Most notably this release eliminates eliminates >> dependency on JCIP annotations. >> >> This release is also expected to improve performance by 5 to 10% due to >> elimination of unnecessary Log object lookups by short-lived components. >> >> ------------------- >> Download - >> <http://hc.apache.org/downloads.cgi> >> >> Release notes - >> <http://www.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpclient/RELEASE_NOTES.txt> >> >> HttpComponents site - >> <http://hc.apache.org/> >> >> Please note HttpClient 4.0 currently provides only limited support for >> NTLM authentication. For details please refer to >> <http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client/ntlm.html> >> ------------------- >> >> About Apache HttpClient >> >> Although the java.net package provides basic functionality for accessing >> resources via HTTP, it doesn't provide the full flexibility or >> functionality needed by many applications. HttpClient seeks to fill this >> void by providing an efficient, up-to-date, and feature-rich package >> implementing the client side of the most recent HTTP standards and >> recommendations. >> >> Designed for extension while providing robust support for the base HTTP >> protocol, HttpClient may be of interest to anyone building HTTP-aware >> client applications such as web browsers, web service clients, or >> systems that leverage or extend the HTTP protocol for distributed >> communication. >> > -------------------------- Grant Ingersoll http://www.lucidimagination.com/ Search the Lucene ecosystem (Lucene/Solr/Nutch/Mahout/Tika/Droids) using Solr/Lucene: http://www.lucidimagination.com/search
