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Posted to solr-dev@lucene.apache.org by Chris Hostetter <ho...@fucit.org> on 2008/06/01 19:58:05 UTC
Re: [Solr Wiki] Update of "SolrTomcat" by NoblePaul
: Adding the configuration as a comment in the actual web.xml is Ok, but
: then users should be informed that as an option (on the wiki). A user
: may never come to know that there is this comment in the web.xml which
: is an alternative way of specifying the solr home folder.
That is 100% exactly why i don't wnat this info on a wiki page about
"configuring" solr -- if you don't already know what a web.xml file is,
then you shouldn't be told about this information. it is not a viable way
to specify the solr home for typical users who might get confused into
thinking the web.xml is a "configuration" file they should edit -- it's
not. it's part of the application, if you are customizing the application
then fine, edit it as much as you want, edit the source code as much as
you wnat to -- but users that expect things to just work when they upgrade
will be really pissed off if they've muck with their web.xml based on this
information.
I've pulled the info from SOlrTomcat and added it to a new HackingSolr
page instead.
-Hoss