[SOLR-5561] DefaultSimilarity 'init' method is not called, if the similarity plugin is not explicitly declared in the schema

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.6
• Fix Version/s: 4.7, 6.0
• Component/s: Schema and Analysis
• Labels: similarity
• Assignee: Chris M. Hostetter
• Reporter: Isaac Hebsh
• Created: 19/Dec/13 17:23
• Updated: 09/May/16 18:44
• Resolved: 10/Feb/14 23:59

Description

As a result, discountOverlap is not initialized to true, and the default behavior is that multiple terms on the same position DO affect the fieldNorm. this is not the intended default.