[infinispan-dev] Splitting the Lucene Directory in its own top-level project

[Mircea Markus]

On 10 May 2013, at 09:55, Sanne Grinovero wrote:

> Following on the idea about CacheStores, I'd like to propose having
> the Lucene Directory code to live in its own repository with an
> independent release cycle.
> Tests-wise it should follow the same policy of the CacheStore: adding
> enough tests to the core so that it won't break easily, and in worst
> case have the core team jump in to help.
> 
> But in this case there is a strong benefit: having the Lucene
> Directory to release independently would make it easier to roll out
> updates needed by consuming projects which are pinned to the
> Infinispan (core) version included in the application server.
> Most
> notably this would break the "circular release dependency" between
> Search and Infinispan, and allow quicker innovation in Hibernate
> Search while staying compatible with the application server.
+1

Cheers,
-- 
Mircea Markus
Infinispan lead (www.infinispan.org)