I think we are making things simpler with LUCENE-565? Being able to say "open IndexWriter to make changes and IndexReader to read/search" is simpler to our users than what must be done now (batch up deletes, close writer, open reader, do deletes, close reader, open writer, do adds). Mike robert engels wrote: > I agree. Too many cooks in the kitchen. The original API/design could > have survived with behind the scenes tweaking. > > Instead it seems Lucene is being encumbered with lots of "special case" > code (aka Eclipse) which detracts from the overall simplicity and > usability. > > I think that many of the "advancements" lack vision and focus, and the > software suffers. > > I say this as an active (I think) Lucene participant. We use a 1.9 code > base and merge some (many?) of the ideas that are presented, but will > probably never move beyond 1.9. > > Robert > > On Feb 9, 2007, at 8:31 PM, jian chen wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> >> Following the Lucene dev mailing list for sometime now, I am concerned >> that >> lucene is slowing losing all the simplicity and become a complicated >> mess. >> >> I think keeping IndexReader and IndexWriter the way it works in 1.2 >> even is >> better, no? >> >> Software should be designed to be simple to use and maintain, that's my >> concern. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jian >> >> On 2/9/07, Yonik Seeley wrote: >>> >>> On 2/9/07, Doug Cutting wrote: >>> > Yonik Seeley wrote: >>> > > As long as you wouldn't object to a org.apache.lucene package in >>> Solr... >>> > > With the understanding of course, that the onus would be on Solr >>> developers >>> > > to keep up with any changes. >>> > >>> > I wouldn't object to that. Would you? >>> >>> Nope... Solr bundles Lucene, so if there are changes that take longer >>> to adapt to - so be it. Solr doesn't need to work with every Lucene >>> version. >>> >>> -Yonik >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscribe@lucene.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-help@lucene.apache.org >>> >>> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscribe@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-help@lucene.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscribe@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-help@lucene.apache.org