HAWQ, As we get closer to producing our initial binary release, there is one important thread (discussed in HAWQ-1421 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HAWQ-1421> and supporting PR #1208 <https://github.com/apache/incubator-hawq/pull/1208>) I would like to bring to the forefront. All RPMs produced as part of our initial HAWQ binary release *MUST* be Hadoop vendor agnostic. We will be able to clearly demonstrate this by being able to successfully install and run HAWQ and supporting components (PXF, Ranger Plugin Service, etc) using RPMs produced from Apache Bigtop and not any specific commercial vendor. This is a core ASF principle we continue to follow.
Thoughts? Concerns? -=e -- *Ed Espino*
