[Request feedback] Looking for feedback about the UX experience about elasticsearch-net HOT 2 OPEN

Currently, there are too many bugs that require too many workarounds if possible and missing functionality compared to NEST. Incomplete documentation is also an issue. Personally, I am eagerly awaiting the new generator implementation I have read about in other issues. Hopefully, this will significantly improve the developer experience.

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Hi @gpetrou, thanks for your feedback. It would be nice if you could as well enter this in the provided form (if you did not already do that).

Just to be completely transparent here:

With the first set of generator changes, we are aiming for full support of all endpoints and server features (e.g. the currently missing aggregations). Initially there will be no major UX/quality of life improvements.

However, this feedback request has been opened for this very purpose. After we have collected the major issues, we will fully focus on improving the developer experience when using this library.

Regarding NEST features: Simplifying the client and removing some features of NEST in the process was a conscious decision of the previous maintainers (which I fully support). This step, and also the use of code generation, is necessary to make the maintenance effort bearable for a single person.

This does not mean that no NEST features will be re-implemented in the v8 client, but a large part will probably not be able to be migrated at this stage. I would be interested to hear the exact names of the NEST features that are important to you.

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