Still, for people looking for a more complete package that looks like a much better alternative.

Not for me, because I'm trying to get away with a much smaller machine and less dependencies (i.e. I'm still really unsure if I want a webserver. I decided to go for clucene instead of solr because of the dependencies etc. etc.).

I will follow that repository though and think about recommending that to friends/coworkers though, depending on their needs/expectations.