which example? there are so many.

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Mark Miller <markrmil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> RE: the example folder
>
> It’s something I’ve been pushing towards moving away from for a long time - 
> see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-3619 Rename 'example' dir to 
> 'server' and pull examples into an 'examples’ directory
>
> Part of a push I’ve been on to own the Container level (people are now on 
> board with that for 5.0), add start scripts, and other niceties that we 
> should have but don’t yet.
>
> Even our config files should move away from being an “example” and end up 
> more like a default starting template. Like a database, it should be simple 
> to create a collection without needing to deal with config - you want to deal 
> with the config when you need to, not face it all up front every time it is 
> time to create a new collection.
>
> IMO, the name example is historical - most people already use it this way, 
> the name just confuses matters.
>
> - Mark
>
>
> On Nov 13, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Shawn Heisey <s...@elyograg.org> wrote:
>
>> On 11/13/2013 5:29 AM, Dmitry Kan wrote:
>>> Reading that people have considered deploying "example" folder is slightly
>>> strange to me. No wonder they are confused and confuse their ops.
>>
>> I do use the stripped jetty included in the example, but my setup is not a 
>> straight copy of the example directory. I removed a lot of it and changed 
>> how jars get loaded.  I built my own init script from scratch, tailored for 
>> my setup.
>>
>> I'll start a new thread with my init script and some info about how I 
>> installed Solr.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Shawn
>>
>

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