ddev-drupal-solr is obsolete

[mkalkbrenner]

I carefully read the README of ddev-drupal-solr. Everything described there could be done with ddev-solr 0.4.0.
The only difference is that the downloaded config.zip has to be extracted to .ddev/solr/configsets/<CORE_NAME>/ instead of .ddev/solr/conf/.
(That would automatically solve #37 )

I suggest to convert this add-on. It should depend on ddev-solr and just contain the drupal-specific documentation, examples and tests. And maybe som convenient ddev commands that hide complex options of the drush commands.

See ddev/ddev-solr#14 (comment)

[mkalkbrenner]

For my own projects I created a custom ddev index-parallel command that is specific for drupal's search_api and speeds up indexing. That would perfectly fit into this "new" ddev-drupal-solr add-on.

[rfay]

We have definitely been trying to move it toward obsolescence, nothing the preference of ddev-solr in the README, etc. Perhaps the next step would be to archive it and make a stronger statement in the README.

[mkalkbrenner]

@rfay What about the suggestion to let it depend on ddev-solr and move the drupal-specific stuff here:

• documentation how to setup Search API Solr with Solr Cloud in cloud or standalone mode.
• add a command to deploy the jump-start configsets Acquia, Hosted Solr and Serach Stax are using
• add convenience commands like index-parallel

[rfay]

I like it!

It would require a new major release and maybe something that explained it. As you know, DDEV doesn't currently auto-download.

[rfay]

I invited you as a maintainer of this repo, as always most things are done in issues and PRs anyway. Maybe others who have commented previously will speak up about this proposal. It probably needs a separate issue.

[mkalkbrenner]

@rfay I started working on it. And the migration of the Solr 8 core to a Solr 9 collection already works :-)

#41

[mkalkbrenner]

Migration

Install the old version

ddev get ddev/ddev-drupal-solr
ddev restart

Update to new version

ddev stop
ddev get ddev/ddev-solr
ddev get <PATH_TO_PR_41_CLONE>/ddev-drupal-solr
ddev restart