Surekha, Thanks for bringing this. ++ [email protected], Can you please clarify on this. This will be very helpful for someone to right way start trying the Ranger.
Regards, Ramesh On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 at 06:16, surekha saharan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ramesh, > It seems the ASF guideline for apache releases only mandates source > packages, see > http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#source-packages. That > said, > I think including binaries should be harmless, and useful for users. Maybe > someone from the core dev team can provide more info on this. > > -Surekha > > > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 10:31 PM Ramesh Bhanan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello Rangers, > > Have this question around why the compiled binaries are not available? > > Unlike other apache softwares like Hadoop, Hive etc which ships > > downloadable binaries. But in the case of a Ranger we need to build it > > everytime. > > It takes a lot of time in building new versions since dependencies like > > gcc, npm, node and python software requirements are not easily accessible > > in a closed/secured environment. > > > > Is there any specific reason why it's done like this? > > > > Thanks, > > Ramesh > > >
