[SOLR-6913] audit & cleanup "schema" in data_driven_schema_configs

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 5.0, 6.0
• Assignee: Steven Rowe
• Reporter: Chris M. Hostetter
• Created: 05/Jan/15 22:51
• Updated: 09/May/16 18:51
• Resolved: 21/Jan/15 02:17

Description

the data_driven_schema_configs configset has some issues that should be reviewed carefully & cleaned up...

• currentkly includes a schema.xml file:
  • this was previously pat of the old example to show the automatic "bootstraping" of schema.xml -> managed-schema, but at this point it's just kind of confusing
  • we should just rename this to "managed-schema" in svn - the ref guide explains the bootstraping
• the effective schema as it currently stands includes a bunch of copyFields & dynamicFields that are taken wholesale from the techproducts example
  • some of these might make sense to keep in a general example (ie: "*_txt") but in general they should all be reviewed.
  • a bunch of this cruft is actually commented out already, but anything we don't want to keep should be removed to eliminate confusion
• SOLR-6471 added an explicit "_text" field as the default and made it a copyField catchall (ie: "*")
  • the ref guide schema API example responses need to reflect the existence of this field: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Schemaless+Mode
  • we should draw heavy attention to this field+copyField – both with a "/!\ NOTE" in the refguide and call it out in solrconfig.xml & "managed-schema" file comments since people who start with these configs may be suprised and wind up with a very bloated index