[jira] Commented: (CONNECTORS-55) Bundle database server with LCF packaged product

2010-07-09 Thread Karl Wright (JIRA)

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Karl Wright commented on CONNECTORS-55:
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Mark,

If your concern is about installing LCF, read the Quick Start part of the 
build/deploy page.  You check out, build, and run.  Derby-based.  Nothing else 
to install.   Not hard really.



 Bundle database server with LCF packaged product
 

 Key: CONNECTORS-55
 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONNECTORS-55
 Project: Lucene Connector Framework
  Issue Type: Improvement
  Components: Framework core
Reporter: Jack Krupansky

 The current requirement that the user install and deploy a PostgreSQL server 
 complicates the installation and deployment of LCF for the user. Installation 
 and deployment of LCF should be as simple as Solr itself. QuickStart is great 
 for the low-end and basic evaluation, but a comparable level of simplified 
 installation and deployment is still needed for full-blown, high-end 
 environments that need the full performance of a ProstgreSQL-class database 
 server. So, PostgreSQL should be bundled with the packaged release of LCF so 
 that installation and deployment of LCF will automatically install and deploy 
 a subset of the full PostgreSQL distribution that is sufficient for the needs 
 of LCF. Starting LCF, with or without the LCF UI, should automatically start 
 the database server. Shutting down LCF should also shutdown the database 
 server process.
 A typical use case would be for a non-developer who is comfortable with Solr 
 and simply wants to crawl documents from, for example, a SharePoint 
 repository and feed them into Solr. QuickStart should work well for the low 
 end or in the early stages of evaluation, but the user would prefer to 
 evaluate the real thing with something resembling a production crawl of 
 thousands of documents. Such a user might not be a hard-core developer or be 
 comfortable fiddling with a lot of software components simply to do one 
 conceptually simple operation.
 It should still be possible for the user to supply database server settings 
 to override the defaults, but the LCF package should have all of the 
 best-practice settings deemed appropriate for use with LCF.
 One downside is that installation and deployment will be platform-specific 
 since there are multiple processes and PostgreSQL itself requires a 
 platform-specific installation.
 This proposal presumes that PostgreSQL is the best option for the foreseeable 
 future, but nothing here is intended to preclude support for other database 
 servers in futures releases.
 This proposal should not have any impact on QuickStart packaging or 
 deployment.
 Note: This issue is part of Phase 1 of the CONNECTORS-50 umbrella issue.

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[jira] Commented: (CONNECTORS-55) Bundle database server with LCF packaged product

2010-07-09 Thread Jack Krupansky (JIRA)

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Jack Krupansky commented on CONNECTORS-55:
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Karl notes that we've had to mess with the stuffer query on pretty near every 
point release of Postgresql. Letting/forcing the user to pick the 
right/acceptable release of PostgreSQL to install is error prone and a support 
headache. I would argue that it is better for the LCF team to bundle the 
right/best release of PostgreSQL with LCF.

 Bundle database server with LCF packaged product
 

 Key: CONNECTORS-55
 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONNECTORS-55
 Project: Lucene Connector Framework
  Issue Type: Improvement
  Components: Framework core
Reporter: Jack Krupansky

 The current requirement that the user install and deploy a PostgreSQL server 
 complicates the installation and deployment of LCF for the user. Installation 
 and deployment of LCF should be as simple as Solr itself. QuickStart is great 
 for the low-end and basic evaluation, but a comparable level of simplified 
 installation and deployment is still needed for full-blown, high-end 
 environments that need the full performance of a ProstgreSQL-class database 
 server. So, PostgreSQL should be bundled with the packaged release of LCF so 
 that installation and deployment of LCF will automatically install and deploy 
 a subset of the full PostgreSQL distribution that is sufficient for the needs 
 of LCF. Starting LCF, with or without the LCF UI, should automatically start 
 the database server. Shutting down LCF should also shutdown the database 
 server process.
 A typical use case would be for a non-developer who is comfortable with Solr 
 and simply wants to crawl documents from, for example, a SharePoint 
 repository and feed them into Solr. QuickStart should work well for the low 
 end or in the early stages of evaluation, but the user would prefer to 
 evaluate the real thing with something resembling a production crawl of 
 thousands of documents. Such a user might not be a hard-core developer or be 
 comfortable fiddling with a lot of software components simply to do one 
 conceptually simple operation.
 It should still be possible for the user to supply database server settings 
 to override the defaults, but the LCF package should have all of the 
 best-practice settings deemed appropriate for use with LCF.
 One downside is that installation and deployment will be platform-specific 
 since there are multiple processes and PostgreSQL itself requires a 
 platform-specific installation.
 This proposal presumes that PostgreSQL is the best option for the foreseeable 
 future, but nothing here is intended to preclude support for other database 
 servers in futures releases.
 This proposal should not have any impact on QuickStart packaging or 
 deployment.
 Note: This issue is part of Phase 1 of the CONNECTORS-50 umbrella issue.

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[jira] Commented: (CONNECTORS-55) Bundle database server with LCF packaged product

2010-07-09 Thread Karl Wright (JIRA)

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Karl Wright commented on CONNECTORS-55:
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forcing the user to pick the right/acceptable release of PostgreSQL to install 
is error prone and a support headache


Yup.  It is.  Problem is that products/versions get security fixes, CVE's, 
end-of-life notices, etc.  It is beyond the scope of LCF to try and control all 
that - we'd be buying a whole new level of support headache, believe me.


 Bundle database server with LCF packaged product
 

 Key: CONNECTORS-55
 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONNECTORS-55
 Project: Lucene Connector Framework
  Issue Type: Improvement
  Components: Framework core
Reporter: Jack Krupansky

 The current requirement that the user install and deploy a PostgreSQL server 
 complicates the installation and deployment of LCF for the user. Installation 
 and deployment of LCF should be as simple as Solr itself. QuickStart is great 
 for the low-end and basic evaluation, but a comparable level of simplified 
 installation and deployment is still needed for full-blown, high-end 
 environments that need the full performance of a ProstgreSQL-class database 
 server. So, PostgreSQL should be bundled with the packaged release of LCF so 
 that installation and deployment of LCF will automatically install and deploy 
 a subset of the full PostgreSQL distribution that is sufficient for the needs 
 of LCF. Starting LCF, with or without the LCF UI, should automatically start 
 the database server. Shutting down LCF should also shutdown the database 
 server process.
 A typical use case would be for a non-developer who is comfortable with Solr 
 and simply wants to crawl documents from, for example, a SharePoint 
 repository and feed them into Solr. QuickStart should work well for the low 
 end or in the early stages of evaluation, but the user would prefer to 
 evaluate the real thing with something resembling a production crawl of 
 thousands of documents. Such a user might not be a hard-core developer or be 
 comfortable fiddling with a lot of software components simply to do one 
 conceptually simple operation.
 It should still be possible for the user to supply database server settings 
 to override the defaults, but the LCF package should have all of the 
 best-practice settings deemed appropriate for use with LCF.
 One downside is that installation and deployment will be platform-specific 
 since there are multiple processes and PostgreSQL itself requires a 
 platform-specific installation.
 This proposal presumes that PostgreSQL is the best option for the foreseeable 
 future, but nothing here is intended to preclude support for other database 
 servers in futures releases.
 This proposal should not have any impact on QuickStart packaging or 
 deployment.
 Note: This issue is part of Phase 1 of the CONNECTORS-50 umbrella issue.

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[jira] Commented: (CONNECTORS-55) Bundle database server with LCF packaged product

2010-07-09 Thread Jack Krupansky (JIRA)

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Jack Krupansky commented on CONNECTORS-55:
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When Karl says It *does* limit your ability to use other commands 
simultaneously (referring to use of embedded Derby), he is referring to 
commands executed using the executecommand shell script, such as registering 
and unregistering connectors, which is something typically done once before 
starting the UI or once every blue moon when you want to support a new type of 
repository, but not done on as regular a basis as editing connections and jobs 
and running jobs. The java classes to execute those commands would be, by 
definition, outside of the LCF process.

 Bundle database server with LCF packaged product
 

 Key: CONNECTORS-55
 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONNECTORS-55
 Project: Lucene Connector Framework
  Issue Type: Improvement
  Components: Framework core
Reporter: Jack Krupansky

 The current requirement that the user install and deploy a PostgreSQL server 
 complicates the installation and deployment of LCF for the user. Installation 
 and deployment of LCF should be as simple as Solr itself. QuickStart is great 
 for the low-end and basic evaluation, but a comparable level of simplified 
 installation and deployment is still needed for full-blown, high-end 
 environments that need the full performance of a ProstgreSQL-class database 
 server. So, PostgreSQL should be bundled with the packaged release of LCF so 
 that installation and deployment of LCF will automatically install and deploy 
 a subset of the full PostgreSQL distribution that is sufficient for the needs 
 of LCF. Starting LCF, with or without the LCF UI, should automatically start 
 the database server. Shutting down LCF should also shutdown the database 
 server process.
 A typical use case would be for a non-developer who is comfortable with Solr 
 and simply wants to crawl documents from, for example, a SharePoint 
 repository and feed them into Solr. QuickStart should work well for the low 
 end or in the early stages of evaluation, but the user would prefer to 
 evaluate the real thing with something resembling a production crawl of 
 thousands of documents. Such a user might not be a hard-core developer or be 
 comfortable fiddling with a lot of software components simply to do one 
 conceptually simple operation.
 It should still be possible for the user to supply database server settings 
 to override the defaults, but the LCF package should have all of the 
 best-practice settings deemed appropriate for use with LCF.
 One downside is that installation and deployment will be platform-specific 
 since there are multiple processes and PostgreSQL itself requires a 
 platform-specific installation.
 This proposal presumes that PostgreSQL is the best option for the foreseeable 
 future, but nothing here is intended to preclude support for other database 
 servers in futures releases.
 This proposal should not have any impact on QuickStart packaging or 
 deployment.
 Note: This issue is part of Phase 1 of the CONNECTORS-50 umbrella issue.

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[jira] Commented: (CONNECTORS-55) Bundle database server with LCF packaged product

2010-07-09 Thread Karl Wright (JIRA)

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Karl Wright commented on CONNECTORS-55:
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The quick-start even takes care of connector registration for you, so 
executecommand is not needed even then.  What you *don't* get to do is use the 
command-based API to control LCF; that's not going to work in the 
single-process model.

By the way, hsqldb is apparently limited to a 16GB database (version 2.0).  
That's not very much.


 Bundle database server with LCF packaged product
 

 Key: CONNECTORS-55
 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONNECTORS-55
 Project: Lucene Connector Framework
  Issue Type: Improvement
  Components: Framework core
Reporter: Jack Krupansky

 The current requirement that the user install and deploy a PostgreSQL server 
 complicates the installation and deployment of LCF for the user. Installation 
 and deployment of LCF should be as simple as Solr itself. QuickStart is great 
 for the low-end and basic evaluation, but a comparable level of simplified 
 installation and deployment is still needed for full-blown, high-end 
 environments that need the full performance of a ProstgreSQL-class database 
 server. So, PostgreSQL should be bundled with the packaged release of LCF so 
 that installation and deployment of LCF will automatically install and deploy 
 a subset of the full PostgreSQL distribution that is sufficient for the needs 
 of LCF. Starting LCF, with or without the LCF UI, should automatically start 
 the database server. Shutting down LCF should also shutdown the database 
 server process.
 A typical use case would be for a non-developer who is comfortable with Solr 
 and simply wants to crawl documents from, for example, a SharePoint 
 repository and feed them into Solr. QuickStart should work well for the low 
 end or in the early stages of evaluation, but the user would prefer to 
 evaluate the real thing with something resembling a production crawl of 
 thousands of documents. Such a user might not be a hard-core developer or be 
 comfortable fiddling with a lot of software components simply to do one 
 conceptually simple operation.
 It should still be possible for the user to supply database server settings 
 to override the defaults, but the LCF package should have all of the 
 best-practice settings deemed appropriate for use with LCF.
 One downside is that installation and deployment will be platform-specific 
 since there are multiple processes and PostgreSQL itself requires a 
 platform-specific installation.
 This proposal presumes that PostgreSQL is the best option for the foreseeable 
 future, but nothing here is intended to preclude support for other database 
 servers in futures releases.
 This proposal should not have any impact on QuickStart packaging or 
 deployment.
 Note: This issue is part of Phase 1 of the CONNECTORS-50 umbrella issue.

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