I have attempted this sometime back. HADOOP-10115 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-10115>. changed only the packaging part though. Its little old patch. Not sure whether it applies properly on latest trunk. Anyway I will also re-check it.
Regards, Vinay On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Devopam Mittra <devo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi All, > I have a proposition for centralizing the common jars that are currently > replicated across multiple projects under the hadoop umbrella. > > benefits: > install base size reduces , ease of maintenance , helps reduce the carbon > footprint due to less MB/GB of installation downloads > > effort needed: > introduce / re-use one of the existing /lib dirs - i prefer one under > /hadoop itself and add it to the libpath of other peripheral programs e.g. > hive , hdfs , hbase et al > > Wanted to get suggestion from the group before trying to attempt this or if > there is any existing effort going on already to this effect. > > thanks and regards > Dev >
