According to our compatibility matrix, Solr Operator 0.7.0 supports a huge range of Solr versions - stretching from Solr 9.3 all the way back to 7.7.
There's no need to support such a wide range. And in fact there's a good bit of downside. It dilutes our testing, and prevents the operator from relying on any Solr feature introduced in the last 2 or 3 years. In fact, we've accumulated quite a number of features we'd like to use once our minimum version increases a bit.
It seems like a big jump, but 8.11 has been out for over a year and a half now (!). Maybe we can target that as the minimum Solr version for operator 0.8.0.
If there's no objection to that plan, lets use this ticket to make the required changes to our docs. And maybe as a parent/umbrella ticket for incorporating use of some of those Solr features we've been prevented from using up to this point.
According to our compatibility matrix, Solr Operator 0.7.0 supports a huge range of Solr versions - stretching from Solr 9.3 all the way back to 7.7.
There's no need to support such a wide range. And in fact there's a good bit of downside. It dilutes our testing, and prevents the operator from relying on any Solr feature introduced in the last 2 or 3 years. In fact, we've accumulated quite a number of features we'd like to use once our minimum version increases a bit.
It seems like a big jump, but 8.11 has been out for over a year and a half now (!). Maybe we can target that as the minimum Solr version for operator 0.8.0.
If there's no objection to that plan, lets use this ticket to make the required changes to our docs. And maybe as a parent/umbrella ticket for incorporating use of some of those Solr features we've been prevented from using up to this point.