Major Description
Description
The -f flag is used in multiple options, including:
- foreground in bin/solr and bin/solr.cmd, which runs Solr in the foreground
- format in PostTool to send application/json content as Solr commands to /update instead of /update/json/docs
- format in ExportTool to set the output format for exported docs
- force in bin/solr and RunExampleTool to allow starting Solr as root user
- config file in SolrExporter to specify the configuration file
- force delete in DeleteTool to skip safety checks when deleting the configuration directory used by a collection
- upgrade solr in install_solr_service.sh to overwrite symlink and init script of previous installation
To avoid confusion, we should deprecate (9.8) and remove (10.0) the -f flag from options that do not explicitly need it.
Proposed Conflict Resolution
Keep -f for forcing actions since it is often used in other tools for "force" as well. This means keep -f for force in bin/solr and RunExampleTool to allow starting Solr as root user and also for force deleting configuration directories in DeleteTool.
Deprecate (9x and 9.7.1) and remove (10.0) by replacing the "force-delete-config" (--force-delete-config, -forceDeleteConfig, --forceDeleteConfig, -f) in DeleteTool with the "force" option ( --force, -f).
Deprecate (9x and 9.7.1) and remove (10.0) -f from the "format" option in PostTool.
Deprecate (9x and 9.7.1) and remove (10.0) -f from the "config file" option (-f, --config-file, -config-file) in SolrExporter.
Deprecate (9x and 9.7.1) and remove (10.0) -f from "upgrade solr" in install_solr_service.sh by replacing it with "–upgrade".
More Information
Please look into [Solr Arguments - Migration Overview|https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ws44kN51WnGwQzOXc8KKRQ93TMgHSqIGb02MRWFel_U] for a better overview and additional information.