I was interested in this recently and also couldn't find anything on the wiki. I found this in the list archive:
The version parameter determines the XML protocol used in the response. Clients are strongly encouraged to ''always'' specify the protocol version, so as to ensure that the format of the response they receive does not change unexpectedly if/when the Solr server is upgraded. Here is a link to the archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/solr-comm...@lucene.apache.org/msg00518.html -Jay On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Anshuman Manur <anshuman_ma...@stragure.com > wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm using Solr 1.3.0, and when I query my index for "solr" using the admin > page, the query string in the address bar of my browser reads like this: > > > http://localhost:8080/solr/select/?q=solr&version=2.2&start=0&rows=10&indent=on > > Now, I don't know what version=2.2 means, and the wiki or the docs don't > tell me. Could someone enlighten me? > > Thank You > Anshuman Manur >