It is indeed a problem that the old edismax wiki is result #1 from Google. I find that annoying as well since I also use Google search as my first step in accessing doc on everything.
-- Jack Krupansky On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:03 AM, <jimi.hulleg...@svensktnaringsliv.se> wrote: > Thanks Shawn, > > I had more or less assumed that the cwiki site was focused on the latest > Solr version, but never really noticed that the "reference guide" was > available in version-specific releases. I guess that is partly because I > prefer googling about a specific topic, instead of reading some reference > guide cover to cover. And from a google search for "edismax" (for example), > it's not really trivial to click one's way into a version-specific > reference guide on that topic. Instead, one tends to land on the wiki pages > (with the old wiki as the first hit, sometimes). > > Regards > /Jimi > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Heisey [mailto:apa...@elyograg.org] > Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 3:45 PM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: ExtendedDisMax configuration nowhere to be found > > On 2/29/2016 7:00 AM, jimi.hulleg...@svensktnaringsliv.se wrote: > > So, should I assume that the "Confluence wiki" is the correct place for > all documentation, even for solr 4.6? > > If you want documentation specifically for 4.6, there are version-specific > releases of the guide: > > https://archive.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/ref-guide/ > > The confluence wiki is the "live" version of the reference guide, > applicable to whatever version of Solr is being worked on at the moment, > not the released versions. Because it's such a large documentation set and > Solr evolves incrementally, quite a lot of the confluence wiki is > applicable to older versions, but the wiki as a whole is not intended for > those older versions. > > The project is gearing up to begin the work on releasing version 6.0, so > you can expect a LOT of change activity on the confluence wiki in the near > future. I have no idea how long it will take to finish 6.0. The last two > major releases (4.0 and 5.0) took months, but there's strong hope on the > team that it will only take a few weeks this time. > > If you want to keep an eye on the pulse of the project, join the dev list. > > http://lucene.apache.org/solr/resources.html#mailing-lists > > In addition to a fair number of messages from real people, the dev list > receives automated email from back-end systems in the project > infrastructure, which creates very high traffic. The ability to create > filters to move mail between folders may help you keep your sanity. > > Also listed on the link above page is the commit notification list, which > offers a particularly verbose look into what's happening to the project. > > Thanks, > Shawn > >
