Perhaps the deprecation notices should feature on https://lucene.apache.org/solr/news.html ? Because right now, they're not *very *visible in the changes.
On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 01:18, Aroop Ganguly <aroopgang...@icloud.com.invalid> wrote: > May we ask what in hdfs support is being deprecated? Is Hdfs backup and > restore being deprecated ? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 15, 2020, at 3:41 PM, Houston Putman <houstonput...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > To address your concern Bernd, > > > > The goal of this deprecation is not to remove the functionality entirely. > > The primary purpose is to remove the code from Solr Core. Before > removing a > > feature we aim to either: > > > > - Move the code to another repository, and have it be loadable via a > > plugin > > - Replace the feature with something more stable and/or scalable. > > (Likely loadable via a plugin or run in a separate application) > > > > I understand your frustration, but the ultimate goal here is to make Solr > > more customizable and plugable (and therefore learner by default). This > way > > the base Solr functionality can be as bug-free and performant as > possible, > > and any extra features can be added on top as needed. > > > > We would appreciate feedback for how the community would prefer these > > features be provided in the future, so that we make the transition > smoother > > and the end product better. > > > > - Houston > > > >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 5:51 PM Ishan Chattopadhyaya < > >> ichattopadhy...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, 15 Jul, 2020, 8:37 pm Bernd Fehling, < > >> bernd.fehl...@uni-bielefeld.de> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> Am 15.07.20 um 16:07 schrieb Ishan Chattopadhyaya: > >>>> Dear Solr Users, > >>>> > >>>> In this release (Solr 8.6), we have deprecated the following: > >>>> > >>>> 1. Data Import Handler > >>>> > >>>> 2. HDFS support > >>>> > >>>> 3. Cross Data Center Replication (CDCR) > >>>> > >>> > >>> Seriously? :-( > >>> > >> > >> Please see SOLR-14022. > >> > >> > >>> So next steps will be kicking out Cloud and go back to single node or > >> what? > >>> > >> > >> Not something we've considered yet. > >> > >> > >>> Why don't you just freeze the whole Solr development and switch to > >> Elastic? > >>> > >> > >> Not something we've considered yet. > >> > >> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> All of these are scheduled to be removed in a future 9.x release. > >>>> > >>>> It was decided that these components did not meet the standards of > >>> quality > >>>> and support that we wish to ensure for all components we ship. Some of > >>>> these also relied on design patterns that we no longer recommend for > >> use > >>> in > >>>> critical production environments. > >>>> > >>>> If you rely on these features, you are encouraged to try out community > >>>> supported versions of these, where available [0]. Where such community > >>>> support is not available, we encourage you to participate in the > >>> migration > >>>> of these components into community supported packages and help > continue > >>> the > >>>> development. We envision that using packages for these components via > >>>> package manager will actually make it easier for users to use such > >>> features. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> > >>>> Ishan Chattopadhyaya > >>>> > >>>> (On behalf of the Apache Lucene/Solr PMC) > >>>> > >>>> [0] - > >>>> > >>> > >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SOLR/Community+supported+packages+for+Solr > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 2:30 PM Bruno Roustant < > >> bruno.roust...@gmail.com > >>>> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> The Lucene PMC is pleased to announce the release of Apache Solr > >> 8.6.0. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Solr is the popular, blazing fast, open source NoSQL search platform > >>> from > >>>>> the Apache Lucene project. Its major features include powerful > >> full-text > >>>>> search, hit highlighting, faceted search, dynamic clustering, > database > >>>>> integration, rich document handling, and geospatial search. Solr is > >>> highly > >>>>> scalable, providing fault tolerant distributed search and indexing, > >> and > >>>>> powers the search and navigation features of many of the world's > >> largest > >>>>> internet sites. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Solr 8.6.0 is available for immediate download at: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> <https://lucene.apache.org/solr/downloads.html> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ### Solr 8.6.0 Release Highlights: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> * Cross-Collection Join Queries: Join queries can now work > >>>>> cross-collection, even when shared or when spanning nodes. > >>>>> > >>>>> * Search: Performance improvement for some types of queries when > >> exact > >>>>> hit count isn't needed by using BlockMax WAND algorithm. > >>>>> > >>>>> * Streaming Expression: Percentiles and standard deviation > >> aggregations > >>>>> added to stats, facet and time series. Streaming expressions added > to > >>>>> /export handler. Drill Streaming Expression for efficient and > >> accurate > >>>>> high cardinality aggregation. > >>>>> > >>>>> * Package manager: Support for cluster (CoreContainer) level plugins. > >>>>> > >>>>> * Health Check: HealthCheckHandler can now require that all cores are > >>>>> healthy before returning OK. > >>>>> > >>>>> * Zookeeper read API: A read API at /api/cluster/zk/* to fetch raw ZK > >>>>> data and view contents of a ZK directory. > >>>>> > >>>>> * Admin UI: New panel with security info in admin UI's dashboard. > >>>>> > >>>>> * Query DSL: Support for {param:ref} and {bool: {excludeTags:""}} > >>>>> > >>>>> * Ref Guide: Major redesign of Solr's documentation. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Please read CHANGES.txt for a full list of new features and changes: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> <https://lucene.apache.org/solr/8_6_0/changes/Changes.html> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Solr 8.6.0 also includes features, optimizations and bugfixes in the > >>>>> corresponding Apache Lucene release: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> <https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_6_0/changes/Changes.html> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Note: The Apache Software Foundation uses an extensive mirroring > >> network > >>>>> for > >>>>> > >>>>> distributing releases. It is possible that the mirror you are using > >> may > >>>>> not have > >>>>> > >>>>> replicated the release yet. If that is the case, please try another > >>> mirror. > >>>>> > >>>>> This also applies to Maven access. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> >
