Thanks for the input, Thomas and Pramod. I've created the following two tickets to track this:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/APEXCORE-692 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/APEXCORE-693 Regards, Dean On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 9:22 AM, Pramod Immaneni <pra...@datatorrent.com> wrote: > Agreed, didn't realize this was in the documentation page. > > On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Thomas Weise <t...@apache.org> wrote: > > > I disagree. Apex documentation is not the place to promote vendor > > offerings. > > > > I suggested to refer to the download page, which already contains the > > DataTorrent link. > > > > Thomas > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Pramod Immaneni <pra...@datatorrent.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Dean, > > > > > > There aren't many good options out there for users to get an > environment > > up > > > with apex apps running easily or quickly. We all know how difficult it > > > would be for someone new to get an application up and running even if > > they > > > had a hadoop sandbox with apex. Also, for many when they download a > > sandbox > > > they not only want to be able to run something in a few steps, but also > > > have easy to use tools and see something visually. My suggestion is to > > keep > > > both the sandboxes. You can put the bigtop sandbox first in the list as > > it > > > is vendor neutral. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 7:18 PM, Thomas Weise <t...@apache.org> wrote: > +1 this should be tracked in a JIRA. > > There are also some improvements that can be done to the instructions on > the docker hub (separate activity). > > I would also suggest to list the Apex binary build on the downloads page > for users that have an existing cluster: > > https://github.com/atrato/apex-cli-package/releases > > And perhaps mention in the setup tutorial that these other download options > are listed on the website. > > Thanks, > Thomas > > > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Dean Lockgaard < > dean.lockga...@gmail.com > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > All, > > > > > > > > In the Sandbox section of the Apache Apex Development Environment > Setup > > > > documentation ( > > > > https://apex.apache.org/docs/apex/apex_development_setup/#sandbox), > > > > instructions are provided for a vendor-specific Sandbox. > > > > > > > > I would like to propose that these instructions be changed to > reference > > > the > > > > Apache Apex Sandbox instead, which is an Apache Bigtop build and > > > available > > > > via docker at https://hub.docker.com/r/apacheapex/sandbox. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Dean > > > > > > > > > >
