[LUCENE-6166] Deletions alone never trigger merges

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 5.3, 6.0
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Michael McCandless
• Reporter: Michael McCandless
• Created: 08/Jan/15 00:25
• Updated: 09/May/16 18:36
• Resolved: 09/Jan/15 10:01

Description

If an app has an old index and only does deletions against it, we seem to never trigger a merge, so deletions are never reclaimed in this case.