[LUCENE-2503] light/minimal stemming for euro languages

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1, 4.0-ALPHA
• Fix Version/s: 3.1, 4.0-ALPHA
• Component/s: modules/analysis
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Robert Muir
• Reporter: Robert Muir
• Created: 17/Jun/10 20:40
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 12:27
• Resolved: 14/Jul/10 12:49

Description

The snowball stemmers are very aggressive and it would be nice if there were lighter alternatives.

Some applications may want to perform less aggressive stemming, for example:
http://www.lucidimagination.com/search/document/5d16391e21ca6faf/plural_only_stemmer

Good, relevance tested algorithms exist and I think we should provide these alternatives.