Index: src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/BooleanScorer.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/BooleanScorer.java	(revision 479750)
+++ src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/BooleanScorer.java	(working copy)
@@ -30,10 +30,17 @@
   private int prohibitedMask = 0;
   private int nextMask = 1;
 
+  private final int minNrShouldMatch;
+
   BooleanScorer(Similarity similarity) {
+    this(similarity, 1);
+  }
+  
+  BooleanScorer(Similarity similarity, int minNrShouldMatch) {
     super(similarity);
+    this.minNrShouldMatch = minNrShouldMatch;
   }
-
+  
   static final class SubScorer {
     public Scorer scorer;
     public boolean done;
@@ -116,7 +123,9 @@
             continue;
           }
           
-          hc.collect(current.doc, current.score * coordFactors[current.coord]);
+          if (current.coord >= minNrShouldMatch) {
+            hc.collect(current.doc, current.score * coordFactors[current.coord]);
+          }
         }
         
         current = current.next;         // pop the queue
@@ -154,9 +163,10 @@
         current = bucketTable.first;
         bucketTable.first = current.next;         // pop the queue
 
-        // check prohibited & required
-        if ((current.bits & prohibitedMask) == 0 && 
-            (current.bits & requiredMask) == requiredMask) {
+        // check prohibited & required, and minNrShouldMatch
+        if ((current.bits & prohibitedMask) == 0 &&
+            (current.bits & requiredMask) == requiredMask &&
+            current.coord >= minNrShouldMatch) {
           return true;
         }
       }
Index: src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/BooleanScorer2.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/BooleanScorer2.java	(revision 479750)
+++ src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/BooleanScorer2.java	(working copy)
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
-/** An alternative to BooleanScorer.
+/** An alternative to BooleanScorer that also allows a minimum number
+ * of optional scorers that should match.
+ * <br>Implements skipTo(), and has no limitations on the numbers of added scorers.
  * <br>Uses ConjunctionScorer, DisjunctionScorer, ReqOptScorer and ReqExclScorer.
- * <br>Implements skipTo(), and has no limitations on the numbers of added scorers.
  */
 class BooleanScorer2 extends Scorer {
   private ArrayList requiredScorers = new ArrayList();
@@ -151,11 +152,11 @@
     }
   }
 
-  private Scorer countingDisjunctionSumScorer(List scorers,
-                                              int minMrShouldMatch)
+  private Scorer countingDisjunctionSumScorer(final List scorers,
+                                              int minNrShouldMatch)
   // each scorer from the list counted as a single matcher
   {
-    return new DisjunctionSumScorer(scorers, minMrShouldMatch) {
+    return new DisjunctionSumScorer(scorers, minNrShouldMatch) {
       private int lastScoredDoc = -1;
       public float score() throws IOException {
         if (this.doc() > lastScoredDoc) {
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@
   private Scorer dualConjunctionSumScorer(Scorer req1, Scorer req2) { // non counting. 
     final int requiredNrMatchers = requiredScorers.size();
     ConjunctionScorer cs = new ConjunctionScorer(defaultSimilarity);
-    // All scorers match, so defaultSimilarity super.score() always has 1 as
+    // All scorers match, so defaultSimilarity always has 1 as
     // the coordination factor.
     // Therefore the sum of the scores of two scorers
     // is used as score.
@@ -285,12 +286,27 @@
    * <br>When this method is used the {@link #explain(int)} method should not be used.
    */
   public void score(HitCollector hc) throws IOException {
-    if (countingSumScorer == null) {
-      initCountingSumScorer();
+    if ((requiredScorers.size() == 0) &&
+        prohibitedScorers.size() < 32) {
+      // fall back to BooleanScorer, scores documents somewhat out of order
+      BooleanScorer bs = new BooleanScorer(getSimilarity(), minNrShouldMatch);
+      Iterator si = optionalScorers.iterator();
+      while (si.hasNext()) {
+        bs.add((Scorer) si.next(), false /* required */, false /* prohibited */);
+      }
+      si = prohibitedScorers.iterator();
+      while (si.hasNext()) {
+        bs.add((Scorer) si.next(), false /* required */, true /* prohibited */);
+      }
+      bs.score(hc);
+    } else {
+      if (countingSumScorer == null) {
+        initCountingSumScorer();
+      }
+      while (countingSumScorer.next()) {
+        hc.collect(countingSumScorer.doc(), score());
+      }
     }
-    while (countingSumScorer.next()) {
-      hc.collect(countingSumScorer.doc(), score());
-    }
   }
 
   /** Expert: Collects matching documents in a range.
Index: src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/QueryUtils.java
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--- src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/QueryUtils.java	(revision 479750)
+++ src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/QueryUtils.java	(working copy)
@@ -68,15 +68,17 @@
 
   /** various query sanity checks on a searcher */
   public static void check(Query q1, Searcher s) {
-    try {
+    // try {
       check(q1);
+/* disabled for use of BooleanScorer in BooleanScorer2.
       if (s!=null && s instanceof IndexSearcher) {
         IndexSearcher is = (IndexSearcher)s;
-        checkSkipTo(q1,is);
+        // checkSkipTo(q1,is);
       }
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
+ */
   }
 
   /** alternate scorer skipTo(),skipTo(),next(),next(),skipTo(),skipTo(), etc