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Hadoop QA commented on HADOOP-89: --------------------------------- -1 overall. Here are the results of testing the latest attachment http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12366109/tail4.patch against trunk revision r577010. @author +1. The patch does not contain any @author tags. javadoc +1. The javadoc tool did not generate any warning messages. javac +1. The applied patch does not generate any new compiler warnings. findbugs +1. The patch does not introduce any new Findbugs warnings. core tests +1. The patch passed core unit tests. contrib tests -1. The patch failed contrib unit tests. Test results: http://lucene.zones.apache.org:8080/hudson/job/Hadoop-Patch/785/testReport/ Findbugs warnings: http://lucene.zones.apache.org:8080/hudson/job/Hadoop-Patch/785/artifact/trunk/build/test/findbugs/newPatchFindbugsWarnings.html Checkstyle results: http://lucene.zones.apache.org:8080/hudson/job/Hadoop-Patch/785/artifact/trunk/build/test/checkstyle-errors.html Console output: http://lucene.zones.apache.org:8080/hudson/job/Hadoop-Patch/785/console This message is automatically generated. > files are not visible until they are closed > ------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-89 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-89 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: Bug > Components: dfs > Affects Versions: 0.1.0 > Reporter: Yoram Arnon > Assignee: dhruba borthakur > Priority: Critical > Fix For: 0.15.0 > > Attachments: tail.patch, tail3.patch, tail4.patch > > > the current behaviour, whereby a file is not visible until it is closed has > several flaws,including: > 1. no practical way to know if a file/job is progressing > 2. no way to implement files that never close, such as log files > 3. failure to close a file results in loss of the file > The part of the file that's written should be visible. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.