Toree currently has some support for Python and R which are a thin wrapper around what is provided in Spark. While this enables sharing the Spark session and SQL Context between Scala and Python code, it brings a huge gap on functionality when comparing with other Python kernels like IPython and IRKernel. Adding to that, there is no community member that is actively enhancing and contributing to these two areas.
Based on these, I would like to suggest the following to be done for Toree 0.3.0 release timeframe: - Remove Python and R support from Toree - Document possible suggestions on Toree website (e.g. IPython, IRKernel or others more active on their respective community) Some of the benefits: - Avoid user confusion and frustration - Improve kernel startup performance - Cleaner code to maintain Please let me know your thoughts. [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-toree/blob/master/etc/examples/notebooks/sqlcontext_sharing.ipynb -- Luciano Resende http://twitter.com/lresende1975 http://lresende.blogspot.com/
