Re: Index compatibility from 4.0 to 4.3

2013-05-14 Thread Andreas Hubold
Thank you both for your answers. I really like the idea of explaining the changes for luceneMatchVersion in more detail. Maybe this could even go into the release notes? Thanks, Andreas Shawn Heisey wrote on 10.05.2013 15:27: On 5/10/2013 5:11 AM, Jan Høydahl wrote: Hi, The fastest way to

Re: Index compatibility from 4.0 to 4.3

2013-05-10 Thread Jan Høydahl
You're probably right, that it's only new and merged segments that will be of the new format. Solr 4.3 will be able to search the old segments. -- Jan Høydahl, search solution architect Cominvent AS - www.cominvent.com 10. mai 2013 kl. 15:27 skrev Shawn Heisey : > On 5/10/2013 5:11 AM, Jan Høyd

Re: Index compatibility from 4.0 to 4.3

2013-05-10 Thread Shawn Heisey
On 5/10/2013 5:11 AM, Jan Høydahl wrote: > Hi, > > The fastest way to upgrade is to leave luceneMatchVersion as LUCENE_40. Then > you will not get any surprises wrt changed behavior for existing > functionality. but you will get all the bug fixes. You can test it out on > your dev box. I've wo

Re: Index compatibility from 4.0 to 4.3

2013-05-10 Thread Jan Høydahl
Hi, The fastest way to upgrade is to leave luceneMatchVersion as LUCENE_40. Then you will not get any surprises wrt changed behavior for existing functionality. but you will get all the bug fixes. You can test it out on your dev box. The first time Solr reads the existing index, it will be conv

Index compatibility from 4.0 to 4.3

2013-05-10 Thread Andreas Hubold
Hi, we are planning to update Solr installations from 4.0 to 4.3 and want to avoid reindexing. But solrconfig.xml contains the following comment for : "... Generally, you want to use the latest version to get all bug fixes and improvements. It is highly recommended that you fully re-index af