Thanks Adrien, the changes look good. Love the performance improvement call
outs from benchmarks. This is indeed an exciting release!

On Sat, Sep 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM Chris Hegarty
<[email protected]> wrote:

> ++ Reads well, and is a very nice release indeed!
>
> -Chris.
>
> > On 12 Sep 2025, at 22:41, Adrien Grand <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Vigya. I tried to put what to me are the main release highlights
> (faster lexical search, faster vector search, faster terms dictionary
> lookups) at the top, and frame them in a way that sounds exciting. Let me
> know what you think!
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM Vigya Sharma <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've published draft release notes for the upcoming Apache Lucene 10.3.0
> release here:
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/LUCENE/ReleaseNote10_3_0
> >
> > Please let me know if you think any notable changes are missed or
> misrepresented. You can also directly edit the release notes page, but let
> me know if you have major changes so we don't lose them across iterations.
> >
> > Adrien – I see some weird formatting on the word "directly" in my last
> reply. Had typed it on the phone, don't know how that happened!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vigya
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM Vigya Sharma <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Hey Adrien,
> > I started working on them in my local copy. Let me create a 10.3 release
> notes page and add a note that it’s work in progress. Then you can
> > directly update it with your edits. I’ll share it with you by tomorrow;
> on my way to Community Over Code NA now.
> >
> > Vigya
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM Adrien Grand <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Vigya, can you let me know when you start working on release notes?
> There are a few changes I contributed to in 10.3 that I'd like to help give
> some color to. Thank you!
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM Vigya Sharma <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Thank you all. Then we'll move forward with the branch cut on 9/1 end of
> day PST.
> >
> > Vigya
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM Michael McCandless <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> > +1, this is no longer a blocker, there's some ghost lurking in the
> nightly KNN indexing throughput chart, Uwe made gobbs of improvements to
> GroupVarInt, and we saw evidence of filtered KNN and Prefix queries getting
> faster with his most recent gobb (8/25 nightly run).
> >
> > Let's release!  Thank you Vigya!
> >
> > Mike McCandless
> >
> > http://blog.mikemccandless.com
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM Uwe Schindler <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yes, looks fine. All is backported!
> > Uwe
> > Am 28.08.2025 um 21:36 schrieb Adrien Grand:
> >> I'll let Mike/Uwe reply if they think otherwise, but recent comments on
> the issue suggest that we're no longer treating this issue as a blocker.
> We're most likely chasing ghosts.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM Adrien Grand <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I would treat it as a blocker. I think that there's a good chance that
> it gets addressed in the coming week, so hopefully it doesn't delay the
> release. Let's discuss options next Friday if it's still not addressed?
> >>
> >> On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM Vigya Sharma <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I'm proposing to cut the branch ten days from today, on September 1st,
> 2025. Please plan accordingly for any changes you have lined up for the
> 10.3.0 release.
> >>
> >> Looking at the list of issues and PRs marked for the 10.3.0 milestone,
> I see 2 open issues and 11 open PRs as of today. Re: blockers –
> >>     • Mike had flagged the nightly benchmark regressions (#15079). I
> see the issue was reopened today with an alt impl. for GroupVInt
> optimization. Is this a blocker for 10.3?
> >> I don't see any issues/PRs with the "blocker" label yet, but will keep
> an eye out.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Vigya
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM Michael McCandless <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >> I think this may become a blocker issue:
> https://github.com/apache/lucene/issues/15079
> >>
> >> I'll try to make progress on it in the next few days, or we try
> reverting GroupVarInt to see if that recovers the lost perf.
> >>
> >> Mike McCandless
> >>
> >> http://blog.mikemccandless.com
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM Ankit Jain <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> Mike, Vigya - I was wondering the same with the second week conflicting
> with both OpenSearchCon and Community Over Code.
> >>
> >> +1 for 9/1. Will prefer to talk about the recent 10.3 release than
> upcoming 10.3 during the conference! :)
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM Vigya Sharma <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> >  I can see us all saying “hooray” as he clicks the final button!
> >> Lol, no pressure! :D
> >>
> >> Second week of September will be difficult, with OpenSearchCon and
> Community Over Code back to back in the same week. I am thinking we either
> do it in the first week (cut branch on 9/1), or in the third week (cut
> branch on 9/15). I am leaning towards 9/1, so we don't delay it too much if
> we have to respin for some bugs. Thoughts?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM Eric Pugh <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >> That is a great reason to do the release!  I can see us all saying
> “hooray” as he clicks the final button!
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM Michael Sokolov <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> OK, 10.3 release as an on-stage performance, Vigya!
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM Michael McCandless
> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > +1 for 10.3 release.  Note that Community over Code NA is Sep 11 -
> Sep 14 in Minneapolis so some of us might be less responsive ... but I
> don't think that's a reason to alter the plan (hmm, except I think Vigya is
> attending the conference heh).
> >> >
> >> > Mike McCandless
> >> >
> >> > http://blog.mikemccandless.com
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM Houston Putman <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> It should all be in the releaseWizard.py. Its a very interactive
> script, so you shouldn't need much prior information going into it.
> >> >>
> >> >> I believe the script can export to markdown or something similar,
> but I would recommend just running the script itself.
> >> >>
> >> >> - Houston
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM Vigya Sharma <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Hi All,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I can volunteer to be the release manager for 10.3. I haven't done
> this before, but I believe I need to follow – releaseWizard.py ? Is there a
> readme that lists out all the steps?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Vigya
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM Dawid Weiss <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> +1.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM Chris Hegarty
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Hi everyone,
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> branch_10x is looking great - we’ve got a bunch of solid
> improvements and optimisations ready to go. Let’s get them into the hands
> of our users!
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> I’m proposing we target a 10.3 release for mid-September (around
> the second or third week). I’ll find a volunteer to take on release manager
> duties, or I can step in myself.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Sending this early so we can plan around summer vacations and
> keep things running smoothly.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> -Chris
> >> >>>>>
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