: Adding the configuration as a comment in the actual web.xml is Ok, but : then users should be informed that as an option (on the wiki). A user : may never come to know that there is this comment in the web.xml which : is an alternative way of specifying the solr home folder.
That is 100% exactly why i don't wnat this info on a wiki page about "configuring" solr -- if you don't already know what a web.xml file is, then you shouldn't be told about this information. it is not a viable way to specify the solr home for typical users who might get confused into thinking the web.xml is a "configuration" file they should edit -- it's not. it's part of the application, if you are customizing the application then fine, edit it as much as you want, edit the source code as much as you wnat to -- but users that expect things to just work when they upgrade will be really pissed off if they've muck with their web.xml based on this information. I've pulled the info from SOlrTomcat and added it to a new HackingSolr page instead. -Hoss
