For handlers on a core or collection, defaults are easy to specify in
a in solrconfig.xml. It'd be cool if we could have a
solr.xml that specifies handlers, and with deeper specificity to the
operations. Kind of a shame to have these dispatching handlers; if it
were at the admin operation level
I totally understand that the client should be empowered to be
specific, and it is right now. But I also think we should support the
client being unspecific, and instead allow Solr service owners via
Solr-side configuration to choose what makes sense. Where I work,
there are different teams
You didn't mention it by name, but it sounds like you're talking about
the v1 API's "replicationFactor" parameter (which has defaulted to
creating NRT replicas for awhile now)?
Personally, I'd rather see that parameter (and corresponding SolrJ
code) go away altogether. Some things (e.g. the
