Hi Jeff Steinmetz, -Ppyspark flag downloads spark distribution. See https://github.com/apache/incubator-zeppelin/blob/master/spark-dependencies/pom.xml#L733 .
It copies python related files (pyspark python module, py4j) from spark distribution to interpreter/spark/pyspark for supporting %pyspark in local mode (without SPARK_HOME). Hope this helps. Thanks, moon On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 3:13 AM Jeff Steinmetz <[email protected]> wrote: > I was curious if this build step has been part of the Zeppelin build thus > far, is it required, and curious if this step is new? > > Downloading: > http://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-1.5.2/spark-1.5.2.tgz > > Expanding: /spark-dependencies/target/spark-dist/spark-1.5.2.tgz into > /incubator-zeppelin/spark-dependencies/target/spark-dist > > > > I ask because it slows down the initial build a bit. I recall in the past > Zeppelin pulled in spark as a dependency vs the entire distribution? ( I > may be wrong) > Mainly curious at this point. > > Best > Jeff Steinmetz > > > > > >
