So all this time I've thought Yonik was sitting on his ass, not making any
progress on getting the initial Solr Apache project up an running, and it
turns out I just forgot to subscribe to the mailling lists to see all the
interesting stuff happening.
As you can see, as soon as i realized the wiki was up, and the FAQ was
blank, I took a stab at cranking out some of hte high level stuff.
: Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:16:33 -0000
: From: Apache Wiki <wikidiffs@apache.org>
: Reply-To: solr-dev@lucene.apache.org
: To: solr-commits@lucene.apache.org
: Subject: [Solr Wiki] Update of "FAQ" by HossMan
:
: Dear Wiki user,
:
: You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Solr Wiki" for change notification.
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: The following page has been changed by HossMan:
: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/FAQ
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: - Solr FAQ
: + This is the Official Solr FAQ.
:
: + [[TableOfContents]]
: +
: + = General =
: +
: + == What is Solr? ==
: +
: + Solr is a stand alone enterprise search server which applications communicate with using
XML and HTTP to index documents, or execute searches. Solr supports a rich schema specification
that allows for a wide range of flexibility in dealing with different document fields, and
has an extensive search plugin API for developing custom search behavior.
: +
: + == Are there Mailing lists for Solr? ==
: +
: + Yes there are several
: + [http://incubator.apache.org/solr/mailing_lists.html Solr email lists].
: +
: + == How do you pronounce Solr? ==
: +
: + It's pronounced the same as you would pronounce "Solar".
: +
: + == What does Solr Stand For? ==
: +
: + Arguably, it stands for "Searching On Lucene w/Replication"
: +
: + == Where did the initial version of Solr come from? ==
: +
: + "Solar" was initially developed by [http://cnetnetworks.com CNET Networks] as an in-house
search platform beginning in late fall 2004. By summer 2005, CNET's product catalog was [http://www.lucenebook.com/blog/announcements/2005/08/31/cnet.html
powered by Solar], and several other CNET applications soon followed. In January 2006 CNET
[http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-1 Granted the existing code base to the ASF] to
become the "Solr" project.
: +
: + = Using =
: +
: + == Do my applications have to be written in Java to use Solr? ==
: +
: + No.
: +
: + Solr itself is a Java Application, but all interaction with Solr is done by POSTing XML
documents over HTTP (to index documents) and GETing XML documents (to execute searches).
Any application that can parse/format XML docs and communicate over HTTP can use Solr.
: +
: + == What are the Requirements for running a Solr server? ==
: +
: + Solr requires Java 1.5 and an Application server (such as Tomcat) which supports the Servlet
2.4 standard.
: +
: + The Replication features of Solr currently require an OS with the ability to create hard
links and rsync.
: +
: + == How can I get started playing with Solr? ==
: +
: + There is an [http://incubator.apache.org/solr/tutorial.html online tutorial] as well as
a [http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/incubator/solr/trunk/src/apps/SolrTest/ demonstration
configuration in SVN].
: +
: + = Developing =
: +
: + == Where can I find the latest and Greatest Code? ==
: +
: + In the [http://incubator.apache.org/solr/version_control.html Solr Version Control Repository].
: +
: + == Where can I get the javadocs for the classes? ==
: +
: + There are currently no online javadocs for the Solr code base.
: +
: + == How can I submit bugs or new features? ==
: +
: + Bug reports, and patch submissions should be entered in [http://incubator.apache.org/solr/issue_tracking.html
Solr's Bug Tracking Queue].
: +
:
-Hoss
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