HI all, I have done a lot of research and there is not really a path forward with a modern UI that does not require a NodeJS server process. Given the push back from the last Committer meeting,* I'd like to propose that I move forward with work on the new Solr UI as a plugin that works with the new package manager that Noble and co stewarded.* In that case, I think things can evolve somewhat independently and I can make changes to Solr as they come up. It will also make it easier for me to onboard others. I will likely host a Solr Admin UI dev so that people who want to work on or specialize in front end don't have to deal with the challenges of getting started with Solr. That has gotten more difficult over the past few years and it is something that should be addressed, but it is out of scope for this work.
I move fast, but please keep in mind I also have a host of other commitments and many of them are in the sister project Lucene. However, you can still expect progress and innovation. If you all find this path to be amenable, we'll coordinate on this mailing list with Jason Gerlowski for V2 API questions, Ishan and Noble for the package manager which I am somewhat familiar with, Eric Pugh for lots of stuff, and Jan Hoydahl for auth and security. Please let me know what you think. best, -- Marcus Eagan Apache Solr Committer / Open Source Hacker
