2) Yes. 3) True, I think gen-py, and gen-rb, should be included as a minimum. I'm not sure about gen-cpp... but I can include it, as I tried to install thrift with maximum options enabled.
-- Christopher L Tubbs II http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Josh Elser <josh.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/12/13 11:45 PM, Christopher wrote: >> >> 1) we don't need to include java bindings for the proxy; compiled >> versions are already in the proxy jar, >> 2) not all packagers will even have installed thrift with the ability >> to produce ruby and python bindings, >> 3) these may or may not be helpful to any particular end user (though >> it's probably safe to assume ruby and python will be the most common), >> 4) we're not including the proxy.thrift file, which is perhaps the >> most important file for the proxy, and including it should be >> sufficient. >> >> > 1)That works. I should've caught that when I was in the proxy last and I > didn't.Thanks for that. > 2) Do you mean packagers as in people who might make an official release? I > would think these are the only people that "really" matter, and thus I would > expect them to be able to build a full distributionthat include these > bindings. It might be nice to be able to create a packaging for each > language (gem, egg, etc); but until we have some sort of packaging, I'd > really like to see theruby and pythonsources included even in the binary > dist. > 3)True, but I'd rather set the bar as low as possible for people who just > want to play around in a scripting language with Accumulo. > 4) Definitely want to make sure it's included. > > Does anyone have an opinion on other languages that thrift supports that we > should also create bindings for? I concur with your opinion on Ruby and > Python, but I wonder if there's something else that people would also like.
