[LUCENE-6060] Remove IndexWriter.unLock

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.10, 5.0, 6.0
• Component/s: core/index
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Michael McCandless
• Reporter: Michael McCandless
• Created: 12/Nov/14 10:05
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 14:19
• Resolved: 13/Nov/14 14:44

Description

This method used to be necessary, when our locking impls were buggy, but it's a godawful dangerous method: it invites index corruption.

I think we should remove it.

Apps that for some scary reason really need it can do their own thing...