Remove deprecated PACKED_SINGLE_BLOCK from PackedInts [LUCENE-9611]
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Description
In #8572, the PACKED_SINGLE_BLOCK format was deprecated. I propose to remove it entirely for Lucene 9.0.
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Migrated from [LUCENE-9611](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-9611) by Ignacio Vera (@iverase)
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Research direction
Search the Lucene source tree for PACKED_SINGLE_BLOCK and inspect every reference before making the removal. Done means the deprecated format and its remaining references are gone, with the relevant test suite still passing.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100