0. Intro Welcome to the Apache Solr Newsletter proposal September 2023. As this is the first newsletter proposal of 2023 we include Solr Community news starting from January 2023:
Welcome Alex Deparvu as Solr committer: https://lists.apache.org/thread/fx4o3y55ypqy1n06kdbq5k8h4pjxlowj Welcome Marcus Eagan as Solr committer: https://lists.apache.org/thread/2p2fjm18g39x2mknxqnbr3gfcx0q6rrx Welcome David Smiley as Solr's new PMC chair: https://lists.apache.org/thread/yrp2yll52r0fm2pbhw17b62oln63fp33 Welcome Andy Webb as Solr committer: https://lists.apache.org/thread/k449v7jl4bwg6f7x707tvw5ch2dk8h3f Welcome Justin Sweeney as Solr committer: https://lists.apache.org/thread/g588106pohdwok7gpwwcsxpgvwxwwh41 Welcome Colvin Cowie as Solr committer: https://lists.apache.org/thread/ngzjs0b3mb201d2shfvzdysdd5g6xqz1 1. Current versions Solr 9.3.0: https://solr.apache.org/downloads.html#solr-930 Solr 8.11.2: https://solr.apache.org/downloads.html#solr-8112 Solr Operator v0.7.1: https://solr.apache.org/operator/artifacts.html#solr-v071 2. Incoming versions Solr 9.4.0 mailing list thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread/j44golmqp4sjf2rk74pqktkrsc1do58r Solr 8.11.3 mailing list thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread/j44golmqp4sjf2rk74pqktkrsc1do58r 3. Solr Improvement Proposals News SIP-13: Cross Data Center Replication mailing list thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread/9y2qd7rs45049xbrt0gty40m4b5cv22y wiki link: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SOLR/SIP-13%3A+Cross+Data+Center+Replication SIP-14 Embedded Zookeeper mailing list thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread/mch6y4wsbqykcmfy4r76movmx1wz0375 wiki link: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SOLR/SIP-14+Embedded+Zookeeper SIP-15 Node roles mailing list thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread/kwq609jxckpdqk54fvghxs66jtk92kof wiki link: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SOLR/SIP-15+Node+roles SIP-19 Adopt JSR-330 dependency injection mailing list thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread/9y2qd7rs45049xbrt0gty40m4b5cv22y wiki link: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SOLR/SIP-19+Adopt+JSR-330+dependency+injection 4. Links to blogs, videos, others related to Solr: Apache Solr Community Virtual Meetup, September 2023: https://www.meetup.com/apache-solr-virtual-community-meetups/events/296344421/ DataImportHandler 9.3.0 released: https://lists.apache.org/thread/8z65tf4jr2ppdm4xo5r1bygjzt8z8r3f 5. Upcoming Events & meetings ASF Community over Code in Halifax, October 7-10 2023: https://communityovercode.org/ Apache Solr Community Virtual Meetup, October 2023: https://www.meetup.com/apache-solr-virtual-community-meetups/events/ 6. Connect with the Apache Solr Community Subscribe to Apache Solr Virtual Meetup for monthly meeting: https://www.meetup.com/apache-solr-virtual-community-meetups/ Follow us on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/apachesolr Visit our mailing list, jira, irc and slack: https://solr.apache.org/community.html How to contribute: https://solr.apache.org/community.html#how-to-contribute Apache Solr website: https://solr.apache.org/ Apache Solr Operator website: https://solr.apache.org/operator/ Note: This is a proposal and I will start working on the October 2023 newsletter proposal and create a Jira to accept contributions. Maybe we can publish this on the Apache Solr web if accepted in the future. Kind Regards, Alejandro Arrieta