Super-long incubation period from “rc2″ to “release” tag did not,
of course, result in any new features, because of a feature-freeze.
We did add a few missing calls and features to APIs and SphinxSE and
also a couple of optimizations but that’s catching up, not really adding
new stuff. On the other hand, looking back at
40+ bugs fixed
in this release, I would still say that rc2 was pretty stable, as most of
the bugs were either minor, or rare, or both.

Most importantly, index merging is now much more stable.
Interesting that it’s been around for quite a while, but many bug
reports were only filed against 0.9.9 or even 0.9.10 (and then
ported back). Perhaps most of you are only adopting it now.
So note that 0.9.9-release is an officially recommended occasion
to re-evaluate merging if you were having issues with it before.

Another major change worth a mention on the front page isn’t
directly related to the code, though. Old news to those dedicated
people who follow our commits on Googlecode or
#sphinxsearch on Twitter,
and new news to everyone else, Sphinx now has official IANA assigned
ports, 9312 for native API and 9306 for SphinxQL, so update your
sphinx.conf and /etc/services. (On a side note, does anyone know what
is this appman-server thing that owns port 3312? I’m still occasionally
curious about that.)

Along with the new release today, we’re also renewing our
Consulting Services.
We’ve added a number of services such as Installation Jumpstart that,
in simple cases, can be performed within a fixed cost and time frame.
So if you require assistance with upgrading (or switching) to 0.9.9-release
then our services just got a few more options to consider. You’d expect us
to have something for early adopters and, of course, we do.
All our Support Packages will be discounted 10% off for those who
purchase our consulting services by January 31, 2010.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the services,
feel free to email us at sales@sphinxsearch.com
or call +1-888-333-1345.

And, while you’re busy upgrading, we’ll probably be busy building
1.x-alpha with incremental (real-time) updates for Christmas.

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