Thanks Harsh, I'll definitely do.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Harsh J <ha...@cloudera.com> wrote: > Hi Rafael, > > We do have a new project developing the plugin separately. Please > check out and join the development efforts at > http://hdt.incubator.apache.org (Hadoop Development Tools). > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:01 AM, Rafael Medeiros Teixeira > <rafaelmed...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > First of all I'm not sure if this is the correct audience for my > question, > > apologies if it is not. > > > > I have seen many accounts of Hadoop developers who had a hard time > figuring > > out how to compile and install the Hadoop plug-in for Eclipse. My > question > > is: are there any reasons, technical or otherwise, to distribute the > > plug-in as source code with Hadoop releases instead of as an Eclipse > > project? Having the plug-in as a separate Eclipse project would allow > > installling it via update site, which is the most common way of > installing > > plug-ins. I also think it makes sense from a development standpoint, > since > > contributors to the eclipse plugin are rarely the same ones that > contribute > > to MapReduce. > > > > Regards, > > Rafael M. > > > > -- > Harsh J >
