Wouldn't it then be better then if we make this more flexible and dynamic. The documentation can contain some basic description of a sandbox is for and point to the apex download page instead. In the download page we can list the sandboxes. For the vendor specific sandbox today in question, there is already a link that points to the general download page. I don't think another link would be necessary. The verbiage of the text can be changed to include the text sandbox.
On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Vlad Rozov <v.ro...@datatorrent.com> wrote: > I would argue that a link to a vendor sandbox or a download that makes it > easier to jump start with Apex and promotes adoption is OK. For example > Hadoop provides links to HDP and CDH sandboxes: > https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/QuickStart. Additionally, bigtop sandbox > does not seem to support VirtualBox out of the box, so why not to list both? > > Thank you, > > Vlad > > > On 4/7/17 09:09, Thomas Weise 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 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 >>>> >>>> >
