I can see in the page "MediaWiki 1.33.x - 1.38.x require Elasticsearch 6.5.x - 6.8.x (6.8.23+ recommended)". Are there any plans to bump Elasticsearch version in MW 1.39 or future version (current Elasticsearch version is 8.13)? Also, is it likely that with MW 1.39 there will be php 8 support (for a setup with Cirrus search).
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> Are there any plans to bump Elasticsearch version in MW 1.39 or future version
Doubtful that 1.39 will be updated. 1.40 will likely support 7.10.2. Due to licensing changes we will not be continuing with elasticsearch beyond 7.10.2. High probability the opensearch project will be replacing elasticsearch, but not currently decided.
> Also, is it likely that with MW 1.39 there will be php 8 support
iirc php 8 support is limited by the library used to talk to elasticsearch 6. Similar to the above, it's most likely going to be in 1.40.
Thanks for the replies! Apparently, opensearch being a fork, there is not much trouble in the transition. I have read some good things about Vespa too: https://vespa.ai/vespa-elastic-solr