+1 to put in the ref guide; well put Walter. ~ David Smiley Apache Lucene/Solr Search Developer http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 10:27 AM Walter Underwood <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it is appropriate to have the table in the reference guide. Yes, > the guide is versioned, but we can’t expect people to manually diff two > versions to figure out what changed. > > If we expect people to upgrade to a new version, we should have the table > in the reference guide, not hidden in a wiki. > > wunder > Walter Underwood > [email protected] > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > > On Mar 27, 2019, at 1:24 AM, Jan Høydahl <[email protected]> wrote: > > Because the Reference Guide is versioned, we only need to discuss what JDK > to grab that works with e.g. Solr/Lucene 8. But I think your wiki page is > great do as an in-depth guide to JDKs and compatibility. Perhaps it can > just live on the wiki as now, and link to it from the RefGuide? > > So on the > https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/7_7/solr-system-requirements.html page, > right now we just say "You will need the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) > version 1.8 or higher" and then people to download Oracle Java. > > I think instead of linking to only the Oracle paid version, we could say > something like: > > *If you do not have any opinion or requirements on a particular > distribution or version of Java, we recommend that you install the free, > Open Source OpenJDK version 11 which is the latest LTS (long term support) > version. You can download it from many sources such as AdoptOpenJDK > (link), Amazon Corretto (link), Zulu (link) or Oracle (link). We do not > endorse any particular vendor. Note that each vendor may have different > policies for bug- and security fixes, so choose one you are comfortable > with. You may also find that your Operating System already includes a > supported version of the JDK.* > > *There are also commercial paid version of Java. If your organisation has > a policy on what vendor or version or Java to use, make sure to consult > that before deciding.* > > > *For a more in-depth discussion of JDK compatibility, known issues etc for > various versions of Lucene/Solr and Java, please see xxxxx.* > > *For security reasons, Java should be kept up to date on minor versions. > Never upgrade Java to a higher major version before first checking and > testing that it is compatible with the version of Solr you have.* > > -- > Jan Høydahl, search solution architect > Cominvent AS - www.cominvent.com > > 26. mar. 2019 kl. 16:14 skrev Erick Erickson <[email protected]>: > > So I assume everyone thinks I’ve nailed it perfectly with this page? > https://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrJavaVersions. ‘cause I haven’t seen much > feedback. > > Look, we give _no_ guidance at this point about whether Lucene/Solr even > work on Java X. Well, I guess we’re saying Solr 9 works on with Java 11. Or > at least it will since it’s about to be required. > > I don’t particularly care if we say “If you’re upgrading Java, use Java > 11” for Lucene/Solr 8x or 7x or 6x for that matter. Let’s just get our > collective act together and give some guidance. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > > > >
