: Well, it'd be a really huge patch. I think a better approach would be to : "merge" the stuff in my repository into the Solr repository, especially as : things such as build scripts need to be adjusted. For example the integration : tests need a solr war, so it might be good to integrate that with the overall : build process.
In might be a big patch, but (except for the jar dependencies) it can still be done as a patch adding/modifying files as needed. as you say: the unit tests need hooked into the Solr build file test target, and there's nothing wrong with test which depend on having spinning up SOlr using Jetty -- we have several tests that do that -- the key is just to make the tests do so in the same way the current tests do, so peopel are less confused when maintaining them. : If everybody is ok with that, I think the easiest way would be to give me commit : access -- not only to merge it into the existing repository, but also for : maintaining it (which I'd be happy to do). Unfortunately the ASF doesn't really work that way ... commit karma is granted by vote of the PMC after consideration of an individual's contributions to the community over and extended time frame. -Hoss
