-1, +1, -1 Run- & build-time scripting should be limited to operations that are impossible in Java. These should not be complex nor should we encourage more complexity in them. A parallel set of simple .bat files for such operations seems preferable to adding a Python dependency.
Doug On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Matt Foley <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > For discussion, please see previous thread "[PROPOSAL] introduce Python as > build-time and run-time dependency for Hadoop and throughout Hadoop stack". > > This vote consists of three separate items: > > 1. Contributors shall be allowed to use Python as a platform-independent > scripting language for build-time tasks, and add Python as a build-time > dependency. > Please vote +1, 0, -1. > > 2. Contributors shall be encouraged to use Maven tasks in combination with > either plug-ins or Groovy scripts to do cross-platform build-time tasks, > even under ant in Hadoop-1. > Please vote +1, 0, -1. > > 3. Contributors shall be allowed to use Python as a platform-independent > scripting language for run-time tasks, and add Python as a run-time > dependency. > Please vote +1, 0, -1. > > Note that voting -1 on #1 and +1 on #2 essentially REQUIRES contributors to > use Maven plug-ins or Groovy as the only means of cross-platform build-time > tasks, or to simply continue using platform-dependent scripts as is being > done today. > > Vote closes at 12:30pm PST on Saturday 1 December. > --------- > Personally, my vote is +1, +1, +1. > I think #2 is preferable to #1, but still has many unknowns in it, and > until those are worked out I don't want to delay moving to cross-platform > scripts for build-time tasks. > > Best regards, > --Matt
