Making 3rd party plugins more discoverable

[David Smiley <ds...@apache.org>]

In the last meetup, we very briefly discussed the need to make Solr plugins
that aren't shipped with Solr more visible/findable.  I mentioned
https://solr.cool which wasn't well known to the audience.  I shared an
idea that the Solr Reference Guide could ship with a kind of export
summarizing them.  It has one link to it right now but isn't prominent at
all.  Just now, it occured to me that Solr's website could very well link
to that as well. I propose prominently, obviously with the disclaimer that
we aren't "endorsing" any particular plugin there.

~ David Smiley
Apache Lucene/Solr Search Developer
http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley

Re: Making 3rd party plugins more discoverable

[David Eric Pugh <de...@yahoo.com.INVALID>]

 I think that is a great idea.   A few years ago there was a bit of concern about referencing a non Apache website, so that is why I didn't do more to embed Solr.cool when I was working with it actively.   
I'd love to see it have more visibility.   For me at least, it would spur me to be more active in maintaining that listing if more eyes saw it!

    On Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 09:53:29 PM EST, David Smiley <ds...@apache.org> wrote:  
 
 In the last meetup, we very briefly discussed the need to make Solr plugins
that aren't shipped with Solr more visible/findable.  I mentioned
https://solr.cool which wasn't well known to the audience.  I shared an
idea that the Solr Reference Guide could ship with a kind of export
summarizing them.  It has one link to it right now but isn't prominent at
all.  Just now, it occured to me that Solr's website could very well link
to that as well. I propose prominently, obviously with the disclaimer that
we aren't "endorsing" any particular plugin there.

~ David Smiley
Apache Lucene/Solr Search Developer
http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley