Hi Contributor ;) I think this is a good suggestion. I think Lucene's contrib/ is working OK, so I think it's safe to follow that approach. If we observe that something in contrib/ is *so* frequently used or very core in some way, we can svn mv it and carry on.
Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch ----- Original Message ---- > From: Noble Paul നോബിള് नोब्ळ् <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 3, 2008 5:30:30 PM > Subject: contrib for solr > > Hi Committers, > > As Solr matures and the codebase grows, putting everything in the core > will lead to a bloat. This may impact our ability to have releases > early and often. > > A case in point is DataImportHandler (SOLR-469). As per our discussion > with Grant Ingersoll, it makes a lot of sense to make this a contrib > project rather than adding it to the core codebase. Though it adds a > lot of value to the system, it actually makes no modifications to the > core and works purely as a component that can be plugged in by > configuration. > > Going forward, this may not be an exception (as in case of Lucene) and > we will have more components like this. > > So we propose that we have a contrib area for Solr and add > DataImportHandler to that (and any other component which may fit the > bill). > > please comment > -- > --Noble Paul > -- Shalin Shekhar Mangar >
