More or less correct, but I'd add that there are an awful lot of software systems out there that use Maven. Integrating with those systems is generally easier if you are also working with Spark in Maven. (And I wouldn't classify all of those Maven-built systems as "legacy", Michael :) What that ends up meaning is that if you are working *on* Spark, then SBT can be more convenient and productive; but if you are working *with* Spark along with other significant pieces of software, then using Maven can be the better approach.
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Yiming (John) Zhang <sdi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Dinesh, Sean, Michael, Stephen, Mark, and Patrick > > > > Thank you for your reply and discussions. So the conclusion is that mvn is > preferred when packaging and distribution, while sbt is better for > development. This also explains why the compilation tool of > make-distribution.sh changed from sbt (in spark-0.9) to mvn(in spark-1.0). > > > > Cheers, > > Yiming > > > > 发件人: Dinesh J. Weerakkody [mailto:dineshjweerakk...@gmail.com] > 发送时间: 2014年11月16日 10:58 > 收件人: sdi...@gmail.com > 抄送: dev@spark.apache.org > 主题: Re: mvn or sbt for studying and developing Spark? > > > > Hi Yiming, > > I believe that both SBT and MVN is supported in SPARK, but SBT is > preferred (I'm not 100% sure about this :) ). When I'm using MVN I got some > build failures. After that used SBT and works fine. > > You can go through these discussions regarding SBT vs MVN and learn pros > and cons of both [1] [2]. > > [1] > http://apache-spark-developers-list.1001551.n3.nabble.com/DISCUSS-Necessity-of-Maven-and-SBT-Build-in-Spark-td2315.html > > [2] > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/spark-developers/OxL268v0-Qs/fBeBY8zmh3oJ > > > > Thanks, > > > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 7:11 AM, Yiming (John) Zhang <sdi...@gmail.com > <mailto:sdi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am new in developing Spark and my current focus is about co-scheduling of > spark tasks. However, I am confused with the building tools: sometimes the > documentation uses mvn but sometimes uses sbt. > > > > So, my question is that which one is the preferred tool of Spark community? > And what's the technical difference between them? Thank you! > > > > Cheers, > > Yiming > > > > > -- > > Thanks & Best Regards, > > Dinesh J. Weerakkody > >
