Re: [DISCUSS] remove packaging

2012-10-15 Thread Steve Loughran
+1, only creates confusion On 15 October 2012 19:00, Eli Collins wrote: > Hey Bobby, > > That's correct, I mean the "packages" directories in common, hdfs, and > MR top-level directories, which contain the debs and RPMs. I'm not > opposed to someone re-working/contributing new code as long as t

RE: [DISCUSS] remove packaging

2012-10-15 Thread Robert Evans
Eli answered my question I am a +1 too. -Original Message- From: Alejandro Abdelnur [mailto:t...@cloudera.com] Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 11:02 AM To: common-dev@hadoop.apache.org Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] remove packaging +1 Alejandro On Oct 15, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Robert Evans

Re: [DISCUSS] remove packaging

2012-10-15 Thread Alejandro Abdelnur
+1 Alejandro On Oct 15, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Robert Evans wrote: > Eli, > > By packaging I assume that you mean the RPM/Deb packages and not the tar.gz. > If that is the case I have no problem with them being removed because as you > said in the JIRA BigTop is already providing a working alte

Re: [DISCUSS] remove packaging

2012-10-15 Thread Eli Collins
Hey Bobby, That's correct, I mean the "packages" directories in common, hdfs, and MR top-level directories, which contain the debs and RPMs. I'm not opposed to someone re-working/contributing new code as long as they're maintained. Don't think there's any sense in keeping the branch-1 code in tru

RE: [DISCUSS] remove packaging

2012-10-15 Thread Robert Evans
Eli, By packaging I assume that you mean the RPM/Deb packages and not the tar.gz. If that is the case I have no problem with them being removed because as you said in the JIRA BigTop is already providing a working alternative. If someone else wants to step up to maintain them I also don't hav