[LUCENE-5712] Remove Similarity.queryNorm

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.9, 6.0
• Component/s: core/search
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Michael McCandless
• Created: 28/May/14 22:20
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 14:08
• Resolved: 11/Mar/17 11:54

Description

This method is a no-op for ranking within one query, causes confusion for users making their own Similarity impls, and isn't necessary for / makes it harder to switch the default to more modern scoring models like BM25.