+1 to this effort and thanks for stepping up. I think we shouldn't unnecessarily constrain ourselves only with what works today: if there's something that is clearly better, let's fix/build it so that we have a pleasant user experience. Just my two cents. Case in point: data driven schemaless mode. Let's remove/fix/build alternatives so that starting experience is smooth.
On Thu, 27 Aug, 2020, 1:12 am Alexandre Rafalovitch, <arafa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > Based on the discussion in SOLR-14726, Slack, and in many other JIRA > issues, I am proposing to spearhead the Big Cleanup focused on > improving getting started experience, targeting Solr 9 only. This is > mostly about examples, but it also touches quite heavily on default > configuration files and - less heavily - on the directory layout > issues. > > As this is bigger than any of my previous contributions to the project > and is quite cross-cutting, I've made a Solr Improvement Proposal. > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SOLR/SIP-10+Improve+Getting+Started+experience > > Regards, > Alex. > Ps. As a side note, in many of the discussions, people say "I would > prefer if we did X", but with the reality of "X" not being complete, > actually fully tested or even applicable to the > standalone/cloud/whatever aspect of the discussion. Those preferences > are still welcome, but I am begging for explicit qualification of > their current availability for the critical path. This proposal is an > attempt to minimize dependence on actual new code features. > Pps. I am also very aware that the proposal implies lots of > semi-related changes and I will end up potentially stepping on > people's feet. And I don't yet know the proper flow of work to do this > (individual Jiras, combined Jiras, separate branch(s), etc). I would > really need advice or a mentor or even a group of mentors to make this > happen in a community-minded fashion. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > >
