> > IMO a Hbase release should not include Hadoop JARs. Then, it would > require a Hadoop installed to run. And it would use the Hadoop > 'hadoop' CLI to start. >
I agree with not bundling Hadoop for RPM/deb packages where the package management system can take care of the dependencies. I'm -1 on excluding the Hadoop jar from the tarball distribution, however. Forcing newcomers to download a Hadoop distribution in addition to HBase, just to be able to start up a local _stand-alone_ HBase instance for testing is shooting ourselves in the foot as a project. We already get flak for being too complicated to run, let's not add to it. --gh
