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Posted to commits@lucene.apache.org by bu...@apache.org on 2017/01/12 21:57:51 UTC
svn commit: r1004766 - in /websites/staging/lucene/trunk/content: ./
solr/community.html
Author: buildbot
Date: Thu Jan 12 21:57:51 2017
New Revision: 1004766
Log:
Staging update by buildbot for lucene
Modified:
websites/staging/lucene/trunk/content/ (props changed)
websites/staging/lucene/trunk/content/solr/community.html
Propchange: websites/staging/lucene/trunk/content/
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Modified: websites/staging/lucene/trunk/content/solr/community.html
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@@ -223,11 +223,14 @@ here. There are also a number of externa
<a href="https://wiki.apache.org/solr/Support">wiki.apache.org/solr/Support</a>.</p>
<h4 id="about-versions">About versions<a class="headerlink" href="#about-versions" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h4>
<p>Apache Solr is under active development with frequent feature releases on the current major version (e.g. 6.x).
-The previous major version (e.g. 5.5) may still receives security- and bug fixes as point releases, thus taking the role
+The previous major version (e.g. 5.5) may still receive security- and bug fixes as point releases, thus taking the role
of the LTS (Long Term Support) version.
-Older versions are considered EOL (End Of Life) and will not be further updated.
-A new major Solr version will be able to read the index of the previous major version, but not from older versions.
-Large or braking changes are only added to the "master" branch to be released as the the next major version (e.g. 7.0).
+Older versions are considered EOL (End Of Life) and will not be further
+updated. Because there can be no further changes, it may also be
+difficult to obtain community support for the older versions.
+Large changes or changes that break compatibility with existing
+functionality are normally made only in the "master" branch, which will
+be released as the the next major version (e.g. 7.0).
For more about versions and upgrading Solr, see the
<a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Upgrading+Solr">Reference Guide chapter “Upgrading Solr”</a>.</p>
<h2 id="mailing-lists-irc">Mailing Lists & IRC<a class="headerlink" href="#mailing-lists-irc" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2>