[LUCENE-8267] Remove memory codecs from the codebase

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 8.0
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Dawid Weiss
• Reporter: Dawid Weiss
• Created: 23/Apr/18 08:22
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 15:28
• Resolved: 08/May/18 08:36

Description

Memory codecs (MemoryPostings*, MemoryDocValues*) are part of random selection of codecs for tests and cause occasional OOMs when a test with huge data is selected. We don't use those memory codecs anywhere outside of tests, it has been suggested to just remove them to avoid maintenance costs and OOMs in tests. [1]

[1] https://apache.markmail.org/thread/mj53os2ekyldsoy3

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #372
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #372