On Jul 2, 2011, at 7:23 AM, Steve Loughran wrote:
> On 01/07/2011 17:23, Eric Baldeschwieler wrote:
>> Unique error codes sounds like a very good place to start!
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> we could call them "URLs" and have things at the end of them
> http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/ConnectionRefused
This is how Sun (I refuse to acknowledge that "other company") built
SMF. It would give you a short error, but provide a URL that would point to
sun.com for more info. (i.e. http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-05 , now locked
behind Larry's boat money generator).
In the Hadoop case, we would likely want to provide a base set that
folks could install and modify locally. For example, what may be an XYZ error
generically may be more indicative of a problem with our local SerDe's.
Putting it on the wiki would be a good thing, yes, but I worry about local
tribal knowledge spilling into it.
I dunno. Just thinking out loud.
