+1

As a module in monorepo it will get more testing and love. And can easily be 
moved elsewhere if we change our preferences down the road vs multi repo and 
packages.

Jan

> 7. jan. 2026 kl. 07:11 skrev David Smiley <[email protected]>:
> 
> +1 to add it to the primary Solr repo.
> 
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM Jason Gerlowski <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>>> I don't think sandbox was intended originally to host ready modules with
>> a release process.
>> 
>> Yeah, it's a bit handwave-y, but my understanding of "sandbox" was
>> that it was for more experimental code, which doesn't seem like it's
>> the case for the encryption stuff at this point?
>> 
>> Even outside of the messaging or implications about experimental vs
>> production-readiness, the code would be easier to consume if it was
>> elsewhere.  Sandbox is "just" a code repo, so consumers need to do
>> their own releases, compatibility testing (for their particular Solr
>> version), packaging or installing into Solr, etc.  Moving it into the
>> main repo as a module would provide a lot of benefit to any potential
>> consumers.
>> 
>> Anyway I'm +1 on the overall idea, as I understand it at least.  But I
>> do have some feedback on the writeup/proposal:
>> 
>> - if the "ask" at the heart of the SIP is to change where the code
>> lives, the writeup should spend a bit more time outlining why that's a
>> better path forward.  What are the problems with keeping the code in
>> "sandbox"?  What's the benefit to a potential user of having the code
>> in the main repo?  (We've discussed some of those details already in
>> this thread, but it's still worth summarizing in the "Motivation"
>> section of the SIP)
>> 
>> - I love the architecture docs in the current "Proposed Changes"
>> section!  But the section spends so much time detailing the current
>> state of the code that it doesn't really talk much about what would
>> actually change.  I get that this is mostly "just" a move, but there
>> will be changes I imagine: does the sandbox code require any changes
>> or updates to fit into the Solr "module" paradigm?  is it already
>> building with Java 21?  since it currently builds against Solr 9.9 in
>> sandbox does it need any particular changes to get it working against
>> the "main" branch?  what sort of ref-guide documentation should be
>> added?  etc.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Jason
>> 
>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM Bruno Roustant <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks David.
>>> 
>>> Yes, I'm proposing to discuss whether it should move to the main Solr
>> repo.
>>> In the current state, solr-sandbox seems dedicated to incubating modules.
>>> Actually, my main point is to say the encryption module should exit the
>>> incubation state, whether it stays in the sandbox or not. But if it stays
>>> there, there should be a clear way to differentiate "incubating" or
>> "ready"
>>> modules for external users.
>>> - If users want to have encryption for Solr (provided they have the right
>>> use-case, as described in the doc), they should have confidence they can
>>> use it.
>>> - To my knowledge, there is no section in the Solr doc that describes the
>>> modules in solr-sandbox.
>>> - Maybe a new module available should be announced in dev and user list.
>>> But it should wait for some feedback first I think.
>>> 
>>> Technically, the sandbox is separate from the main repo, so many updates
>>> need to wait for the next Solr release: development is longer.
>>> And you are right, there is no test infra nor release process. I don't
>>> think sandbox was intended originally to host ready modules with a
>> release
>>> process.
>> 
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