OK, I envision a solr-demo.zip with the following structure:
solr-demo/
start.sh, start.bat, stop.sh, stop.bat that call tomcat/bin/startup*
/tomcat/*
/conf
solrconfig.xml, schema.xml, etc
/data
The "core" binary distribution of tomcat weighs in at 6MB, not too bad.
I guess the right way to package would be to have an ant task that
unzips tomcat, places the solr files in the right places, and zips
everything back up?
Should the tomcat.zip be checked into our svn, or perhaps downloading
the tomcat distribution can be an acceptable manual step for a
developer rebuilding the solr-demo.zip?
We might also want to pre-populate the index before packaging.
-Yonik
On 2/14/06, Doug Cutting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yonik Seeley wrote:
> > What do people think about a downloadable tutorial or demo that
> > included Tomcat or Jetty, limiting the requirements to Java5 and
> > simplifying setup for new users?
> >
> > Steps with demo bundle:
> > - Install Java 5
> > - unpack solr-demo.zip
> > - ./start
>
> +1
>
> A good out-of-the-box experience will greatly increase adoption.
>
> Doug
>
