Just back from vacation and didn't notice a number of folks are looking at this: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-1833
Kudos! Ben feel free to jump in and participate. Regards, Patrick On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Patrick Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ben, if you were interested to help drive windows support that > would be great. I'd be happy to help support. Note that Michi has been > doing work on this already, you probably have seen that on the ML > archive and the JIRA. I suggest you look there if you want to get more > insight into activity/progress. > > In terms of what you might do, take a look a our CI env > https://builds.apache.org/view/S-Z/view/ZooKeeper/ > notice that we have three builds running on windows, some with vs2008 > > Likely you'd want to run the same but in your environment, probably on > 3.4.5 release > > It would be great if you could enter JIRAs/patches for the things you > find. If you're "comfortable" at some point then I don't see why we > couldn't update the docs and make it official in an upcoming release. > > Regards, > > Patrick > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 1:24 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> We would certain be interested in helping giving feedback on the server >> stability on Windows. I'm trying to push for increased adoption of Zookeeper >> in the org, but the message in the docs itself puts off my managers a bit >> from pushing full ahead, so it's a bit of a chicken and egg situation. If >> there are test suites we can run to help you out I can look at running them >> here on Windows... >> >> Thanks, >> Ben >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Patrick Hunt [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 09 January 2014 22:40 >> To: UserZooKeeper >> Subject: Re: Windows support (Win-64) >> >> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Salabhanjika S <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> afaik there is no reason it should work on windows. >>> >>> Patrick, I got more confused by your statement. Did you mean "no >>> reason it should *NOT* to work on Windows"? I will be very happy if >>> that is what you meant. >> >> Oops, sorry about that. I meant to write "no reason it shouldn't work". >> afaik the java server/client should work. As mentioned previously in the >> thread the C client may not at the moment but in general some folks have had >> success in the past. (this is what I was trying to get at before wrt the >> scope of use and feedback on windows has been limited) >> >> Patrick >> >>> I can say at least 3 of my clients (past & current) asked for Windows >>> support. Though I don't see a reason for *NOT TO WORK* on Windows, I >>> could not confidently convince them due to official (read conservative >>> as Pat >>> mentioned) limitation in documentation (Admin guide). >>> >>> I agree on our concerns w.r.to community usage and support. >>> IMHO, we should remove this limitation (in worst case for Server and >>> Java based Clients) immediately from Admin guide and work on issues >>> w.r.to other clients. >>> >>> Just for information only. >>> Hortonworks claims they will be supporting(in NEAR future release) >>> distribution on Windows as well. >>> http://hortonworks.com/products/hdp-windows/ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 5:23 AM, Patrick Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> This is us being our typical conservative selves. ;-) afaik there is >>>> no reason it should work on windows. I think our main concern has >>>> been having folks actually using it on windows and reporting back >>>> good experiences (any windows reports at all have been limited so >>>> far) and also having enough community members interested in windows >>>> such that when an issue does come up there will be someone >>>> willing/interested/able to resolve the issue. >>>> >>>> Patrick >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Rakesh R <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Hi Salabhanjika, >>>> > >>>> > I've used zk client(java) in windows platform during development phase. >>>> I personally feel, java server and java clients would work well in >>>> windows environment and there will not be much issues. But truly >>>> speaking I haven't tested thoroughly (java)zk server in windows >>>> platform. Adding one more, recently few efforts has been taken to >>>> stabilize Jenkins(Windows) and is in progress. I think this will give more >>>> confidence to all. >>>> > >>>> > https://builds.apache.org/job/ZooKeeper-3.4-WinVS2008_java/ >>>> > https://builds.apache.org/job/ZooKeeper-trunk-WinVS2008_java >>>> > >>>> > -Rakesh >>>> > >>>> > -----Original Message----- >>>> > From: Salabhanjika S [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> > Sent: 07 January 2014 23:51 >>>> > To: [email protected] >>>> > Subject: Re: Windows support (Win-64) >>>> > >>>> > Seems I'm not the first one to be misguided by documentation. >>>> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-1635 >>>> > >>>> > Added a comment in this issue too. >>>> > >>>> > I interpret above jira as, C Client issue for Win-64 alone. If that >>>> > is >>>> the case, should it more clear from documentation (admin guide). >>>> > >>>> > - Windows (win32 & win64) is supported as a *development and >>>> > production >>>> > platform* for both server and client (java client only). ZK-1635 >>>> reference can be provided here. >>>> > >>>> > Rationale behind this proposal is to bring more confidence to >>>> > ZooKeeper >>>> users on Windows. >>>> > >>>> > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Salabhanjika S >>>> ><[email protected] >>>> >wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> Does ZooKeeper is supported on Windows (Win-64). When I searched >>>> >> through the mailing list, I found >>>> >> http://search-hadoop.com/m/pyVQoOgNQc/windows&subj=ZooKeeper+on+Wi >>>> >> ndow >>>> >> s >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> As per this discussion, there is no restriction/limitation as such. >>>> >> But documentations claims "development only" support on Windows(Win-32). >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> http://zookeeper.apache.org/doc/trunk/zookeeperAdmin.html#sc_suppo >>>> >> rted >>>> >> Platforms >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Should this be a documentation fix? >>>> >> >>>> >> >>
