Re: Cannot find Solr 7.4.1 release

[Olivier Tavard <ol...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Thanks for your answer. It was just to be sure. I created the binary
package meantime.

Best regards,

Olivier

Le jeu. 18 févr. 2021 à 14:30, Shawn Heisey <ap...@elyograg.org> a écrit :

> On 2/18/2021 1:05 AM, Olivier Tavard wrote:
> > I wanted to download Solr 7.4.1, but I cannot find the 7.4.1 release into
> > http://archive.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/ : there are Solr 7.4 and
> after
> > directly 7.5.
> > Of course I can build from source code, but this is frustrating because I
> > can see that in the 7_4_branch there is a fix that I need (SOLR-12594)
> with
> > the status fixed into 7.4.1 and 7.5 versions. Everythings seems to have
> > been prepared to release the 7.4.1, but I cannot find it.
> > Does this release exist ?
>
> That release does not exist.  There was never any discussion about it on
> the dev list.
>
> 7.4.1 was added to Jira for tracking purposes, and the code change for
> that issue was saved to branch_7_4 just in case somebody felt a 7.4.1
> release was required.  That issue deals with a problem in metrics, which
> is outside of basic Solr functionality -- not critical enough to warrant
> a point release.
>
> The release process for 7.5.0 was underway about a month after that
> issue was committed.
>
> If 7.5.0 (or one of the many later releases) will not work for your
> needs, then you will need to compile branch_7_4 yourself.  I have used
> custom-compiled versions before in production because we needed a bugfix
> that was not deemed severe enough for a new point release.
>
> You can create binary packages similar to what is available for download
> by running "ant package" in the solr directory of your code checkout.  I
> think that build target only works on *NIX systems -- Windows is missing
> some of the required pieces.
>
> Thanks,
> Shawn
>