Thanks to Alexandre for pointing this out Let's use SOLR-5819 for any followup investivation/discussion so it doesn't get lost in the ANNOUNCE thread...
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-5819 : Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 14:49:41 -0500 : From: Robert Muir <rcm...@gmail.com> : Reply-To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org : To: "solr-user@lucene.apache.org" <solr-user@lucene.apache.org> : Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Apache Solr Reference Guide for 4.7 : : I debugged the PDF a little. FWIW, the following code (using iText) : takes it to 9MB: : : public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { : Document document = new Document(); : PdfSmartCopy copy = new PdfSmartCopy(document, new : FileOutputStream("/home/rmuir/Downloads/test.pdf")); : //copy.setCompressionLevel(9); : //copy.setFullCompression(); : document.open(); : PdfReader reader = new : PdfReader("/home/rmuir/Downloads/apache-solr-ref-guide-4.7.pdf"); : int pages = reader.getNumberOfPages(); : for (int i = 0; i < pages; i++) { : PdfImportedPage page = copy.getImportedPage(reader, i+1); : copy.addPage(page); : } : copy.freeReader(reader); : reader.close(); : document.close(); : } : : : On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Steve Rowe <sar...@gmail.com> wrote: : > Not sure if it’s relevant anymore, but a few years ago Atlassian resolved as "won’t fix” a request to configure exported PDF compression ratio: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-21329>. Their suggestion: zip the PDF. I tried that - the resulting zip size is roughly 9MB, so it’s definitely compressible. : > : > Steve : > : > On Mar 5, 2014, at 10:03 AM, Cassandra Targett <casstarg...@gmail.com> wrote: : > : >> You know, I didn't even notice that. It did go up to 30M. : >> : >> I've made a note to look into that before we release the 4.8 version to see : >> if it can be reduced at all. I suspect the screenshots are causing it to : >> balloon - we made some changes to the way they appear in the PDF for 4.7 : >> which may be the cause, but also the software was upgraded and maybe the : >> newer version is handling them differently. : >> : >> Thanks for pointing that out. : >> : >> : >> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Alexandre Rafalovitch <arafa...@gmail.com>wrote: : >> : >>> Has it really gone up in size from 5Mb for 4.6 version to 30Mb for 4.7 : >>> version? Or some mirrors are playing tricks (mine is: : >>> http://www.trieuvan.com/apache/lucene/solr/ref-guide/ ) : >>> : >>> Regards, : >>> Alex. : >>> Personal website: http://www.outerthoughts.com/ : >>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrerafalovitch : >>> - Time is the quality of nature that keeps events from happening all : >>> at once. Lately, it doesn't seem to be working. (Anonymous - via GTD : >>> book) : >>> : >>> : >>> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:39 AM, Cassandra Targett <ctarg...@apache.org> : >>> wrote: : >>>> The Lucene PMC is pleased to announce that we have a new version of the : >>>> Solr Reference Guide available for Solr 4.7. : >>>> : >>>> The 395 page PDF serves as the definitive user's manual for Solr 4.7. It : >>>> can be downloaded from the Apache mirror network: : >>>> : >>>> https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/lucene/solr/ref-guide/ : >>>> : >>>> Cassandra : >>> : > : -Hoss http://www.lucidworks.com/
