Github user pierre-borckmans commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/600#discussion_r12156870
--- Diff: core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala ---
@@ -1037,6 +1037,11 @@ private[spark] object Utils extends Logging {
obj.getClass.getSimpleName.replace("$", "")
}
+ /** Return the current version of Spark */
+ def getSparkVersion(): String = {
+ getClass.getPackage.getImplementationVersion
--- End diff --
It seems to work as well.
In fact, the build system does not matter:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Package.html
The version string is retrieved from the JAR manifest.
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