[LUCENE-9116] Simplify postings API by removing long[] metadata

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 8.5
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adrien Grand
• Created: 06/Jan/20 18:11
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 15:55
• Resolved: 17/Jan/20 12:40

Description

The postings API allows to store metadata about a term either in a long[] or in a byte[]. This is unnecessary as all information could be encoded in the byte[], which is what most codecs do in practice.

Issue Links

• relates to: SOLR-14254 Index backcompat break between 8.3.1 and 8.4.1
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1149
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1158