On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Peter Wolanin <peter.wola...@acquia.com> wrote: > I've seen a number of users fail to get Solr working correctly in > combination with the Drupal client code when using the .deb installer > so I have been strongly recommending against it personally.
Hmm, have never done this myself for Drupal, and I am not sure of any special requirements there. However, we have used this package with Java, and Haystack in Django, and have not faced problems. > It's also a rather stale version of Solr, generally. That is correct. It uses Solr 1.4, but as it meeds the requirements for many sites, and is now a well-tested piece of software for us, we have not felt it necessary to move in some cases. For others, we have been moving away from this package to get newer versions of Solr, or to use the Lucid distribution of Solr. So, all in all, using the OS package for Solr + Tomcat still makes sense, especially for new users, IMHO. Regards, Gora
