How about simply including a Vagrantfile for Nutch in the trunk? Then someone would:
svn co https:// or; git clone https://github.com/apache/nutch cd nutch vagrant up Cheers, Chris ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Chief Architect Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Section (398) NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 168-519, Mailstop: 168-527 Email: [email protected] WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Associate Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: Lewis John Mcgibbney <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 29, 2014 9:09 AM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Nutch 2.X Vagrent WAS Re: [RELEASE] Apache Nutch 1.9 >Hi Nicholas, > >NOTE: Thread name has changed to reflect diversion on topic. > >On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:01 AM, <[email protected]> >wrote: > >> >> will you use config management like ansible backing vagrant? >> > >Well thanks for the links here. The github repos they have indicates that >they code is GPL licensed meaning that we would not be able to use and >distribute any of it under the ASLv2.0 >http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html > >I wonder if you can explain a bit about your expereince with Ansible? I >have never used it myself. Sorry for the ignorance. > > >> >> personally, i find vagrant a pita but the config management often >>packaged >> with vagrant the really useful and portable thing >> > >+1 > > >> >> I dont run macs and i would prefer not to use vagrant also >> > >Any other suggestion? The goal here is to make 2.X easier to use. Not to >support any one enabling technology in order to do so. If there are other >suggestions out there then it would be more than great to hear them. >Thanks >Lewis

