I'm on OS X for Solr work. It would be great to have a Tomcat based example because it involves a lot of effort just to get something up and functional other wise. Here is how I see it making sense:
1 - Have a tutorial or distribution that has Tomcat and Solr integrated, this can be cloned and reused as a base for diverse projects 2 - Have one or a few short samples (they do not need to index the whole earth catalogue :-) that are nicely abstracted from (1) 3 - Have the samples show how the developer would use an IDE and the Tomcat/Solr server together in production Actually, basically two samples, a webapp only and a client based SolrJ example would be all that is needed. Then later all the diverse things Solr can do could be introduced onto the foundation a developer would by then have under their belt. As it stands now, there is a great deal of talk about all the stuff Solr can do but not enough practical get your feet wet here is how you do it information for new users. Looking around at web articles it looks like everyone has struggled with this same issue so having a fix would be nice to have once and for all. SDE On 2011-10-02, at 9:55 AM, Gora Mohanty wrote: > 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
