[SOLR-14701] Deprecate Schemaless Mode (Discussion)

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Schema and Analysis
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Marcus Eagan
• Created: 02/Aug/20 07:17
• Updated: 02/Jan/22 17:07

Description

I know this won't be the most popular ticket out there, but I am growing more and more sympathetic to the idea that we should rip many of the freedoms out that cause users more harm than not. One of the freedoms I saw time and time again to cause issues was schemaless mode. It doesn't work as named or documented, so I think it should be deprecated. 

If you use it in production reliably and in a way that cannot be accomplished another way, I am happy to hear from more knowledgeable folks as to why deprecation is a bad idea. 

Issue Links

• relates to: SOLR-11741 Offline training mode for schema guessing
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1863