[LUCENE-9978] Make Luke a standalone package distribution

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 9.0
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Tomoko Uchida
• Created: 27/May/21 09:42
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 16:22
• Resolved: 31/Oct/21 09:05

Description

Thanks to LUCENE-9448, we now have a neat gradle task to assemble a standalone Luke package.

I think it would make sense to distribute the standalone "Luke application" that contains its executable-jar and minimum dependencies to run it, as it used to be, on Lucene download page ( https://lucene.apache.org/core/downloads.html ).

Pros:

• Easy to understand for users who need it
• No need to rely on strange hacks to discover dependencies (jars) for running it

Cons:

• Duplication of many jars (analyzers, queries, codec, etc.)

 

Tasks

• make the distribution package (zip file); place it under proper location with gradle assemble task
• upload the artifact (release candidate) to the Apache file server along with other Lucene artifacts
• include the artifact url in the release vote emails
• upload the artifact (release module) to the Apache file server along with signature/checksum files for it
• put links to the artifact and its signature files on the Lucene download page

Issue Links

• blocks: LUCENE-10200 Restructure and modernize the release artifacts
• is related to: LUCENE-9488 Update release process to work with Gradle.