From eac3730474baa51acd4fdd13004a87a26ff9b482 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anshum Gupta <anshum@apache.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 13:51:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove 8x download description

---
 themes/solr/templates/downloads.html | 33 ----------------------------
 1 file changed, 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/themes/solr/templates/downloads.html b/themes/solr/templates/downloads.html
index 17e4e1384..b5c4d2b61 100644
--- a/themes/solr/templates/downloads.html
+++ b/themes/solr/templates/downloads.html
@@ -49,39 +49,6 @@ <h2 id="solr-{{ SOLR_LATEST_RELEASE | replace(".", "") }}">Solr {{ SOLR_LATEST_R
     <li><a href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ SOLR_LATEST_RELEASE | replace(".", "_") }}/changes/Changes.html">Change log</a></li>
   </ul>
 
-  <h2>Solr 8.x</h2>
-  <p>Solr 8.x is already EOL (End Of Life) as we prepare for releasing version 10. Read more in <a href="/news.html#solr-8-reaches-end-of-life">the EOL news post</a></p>
-  {# DISABLE 8.x as it is EOL already
-
-  <h3 id="solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE | replace(".", "") }}">Solr {{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}
-    <a class="headerlink" href="#solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE | replace(".", "") }}" title="Permanent link">¶</a>
-  </h3>
-
-  <p>Solr {{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }} is the last release in the {{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE.split('.') | first }}.x series.
-  </p>
-
-  <ul>
-    <li>Source release:
-      <a href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/lucene/solr/{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}/solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}-src.tgz?action=download">solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}-src.tgz</a>
-      [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/lucene/solr/{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}/solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}-src.tgz.asc">PGP</a>]
-      [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/lucene/solr/{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}/solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}-src.tgz.sha512">SHA512</a>]
-    </li>
-
-    <li>Binary releases:
-      <a href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/lucene/solr/{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}/solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}.tgz?action=download">solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}.tgz</a>
-      [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/lucene/solr/{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}/solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}.tgz.asc">PGP</a>]
-      [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/lucene/solr/{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}/solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}.tgz.sha512">SHA512</a>]
-      /
-      <a href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/lucene/solr/{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}/solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}.zip?action=download">solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}.zip</a>
-      [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/lucene/solr/{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}/solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}.zip.asc">PGP</a>]
-      [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/lucene/solr/{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}/solr-{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}.zip.sha512">SHA512</a>]
-    </li>
-
-    <li>Docker: <a href="https://hub.docker.com/_/solr">solr:{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE }}</a></li>
-
-    <li><a href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ SOLR_PREVIOUS_MAJOR_RELEASE | replace(".", "_") }}/changes/Changes.html">Change log</a></li>
-  </ul>#}
-
   <h2 id="solr-reference-guide" class="offset">Solr Reference Guide
     <a class="headerlink" href="#solr-reference-guide" title="Permanent link">¶</a>
   </h2>