Re: Apache Solr
Hi Mat,
2011/8/24 Mat Scales <mat@wibbly.org.uk>:
> Hello all,
>
> I am interested in getting Apache Solr up-to-date in Debian.
>
> The upstream Apache Solr project has been merged with the Lucene Core
> project since version 3.1 (the two projects synced version numbers at
> this point). The source package for solr contains the full source of
> lucene, which is built as a dependency of the solr build.
>
> The latest version of solr (3.3.0) appears to be mostly backwards
> compatible with 1.4.1 (the latest version in Debian).
>
> The existing solr package does not appear to be actively maintained.
> Does any one else on the team still have an active interest in the
> package or am I free to take this one on by myself?
I'm interested in maintain solr in Debian and since it is now orphan
[0]... are you still interested too?
> How I would see this proceeding:
>
> * "retire" the current solr source package
> * Change the new lucene3 source package to build from the combined
> lucene/solr upstream package rather than the lucene only one.
> * Make the lucene3 package also produce the solr-common, solr-tomcat
> and solr-jetty binary packages.
>
> Alternatives I can think of:
> * Keep the current solr package and have the lucene3 package build new
> solr3-* binaries instead. Doesn't seem necessary as upgrading from
> solr 1.4.1 to solr 3.3.0 appears to be fine with little to no BC
> breakage
I need solr 1.4 at my work... so I would like to keep it and create
solr3-* packages.
> * Keep lucene3 building from the lucene only source and make the solr
> package build from a modified solr-only +dfsg source package. Given
> that the upstream plans involve increasing the integration between
> solr and lucene, this seems a little short sighted.
>
> Does any one have any comments?
What are the plans for lucene3?
Greetings, Victor
[0] http://bugs.debian.org/652729
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