And if you are a developer, enjoy that Gradle build! It was the highlight of my year.
On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 10:00 AM Mark Miller <markrmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you have a SolrCloud installation that is somehow working for you, > personally I would never upgrade. The software is getting progressively > more unstable every release. > > > I wrote most of the core of SolrCloud in a prototype fashion many, many > years ago. Only Yonik’s isolated work is solid and most of my work still > stands as it was. This situation has me abandoning that project so that > people understand I won’t stand by garbage work. > > Given that no one seems to understand what is happening in SolrCloud under > the covers or how it was intended to work, their best bet is to start > rewriting. Until they do this, I recommend you do not upgrade from an > install that is working for your needs. A new feature will not be worth the > headaches. > > > Some of the other committers, who certainly do not understand the scope of > the problem or my code (they would have touched it a bit if they did) would > prefer to laugh or form a defensive posture than fix the situation. Wait > them out. The project will collapse or get better. If I ran a production > instance of SolrCloud, I would wait to see which happens first before > embracing any update. > > > At this point, the best way to use Solr is as it’s always been - avoid > SolrCloud and setup your own system in standalone mode. If I had to build a > new Solr install today, this is what I would do. > > > In my opinion, the companies that have been claiming to back Solr and > SolrCloud have been negligent, and all of the users are paying the price. > It hasn’t been my job to work on it in any real fashion since 2012. I’m > sorry I couldn’t help improve the situation for you. > > > Take it for what it’s worth. To some, not much I’m sure. > > > Mark Miller > -- > - Mark > > http://about.me/markrmiller > -- - Mark http://about.me/markrmiller
