We've written the code such that it works in either, and then we have profiles which set the hadoop.version for convenience. The profiles also alternate between using hadoop-client and hadoop-core, but as I mentioned above, that is unnecessary.
Sent from my phone, please pardon the typos and brevity. On May 14, 2013 7:42 PM, "Benson Margulies" <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Christopher <ctubb...@apache.org> wrote: > > Benson- > > > > They produce different byte-code. That's why we're even considering > > this. ACCUMULO-1402 is the ticket under which our intent is to add > > classifiers, so that they can be distinguished. > > whoops, missed that. > > Then how do people succeed in just fixing up their dependencies and using > it? > > In any case, speaking as a Maven-maven, classifiers are absolutely, > positively, a cure worse than the disease. If you want the details > just ask. > > > > > All- > > > > To Keith's point, I think perhaps all this concern is a non-issue... > > because as Keith points out, the dependencies in question are marked > > as "provided", and dependency resolution doesn't occur for provided > > dependencies anyway... so even if we leave off the profiles, we're in > > the same boat. Maybe not the boat we should be in... but certainly not > > a sinking one as I had first imagined. It's as afloat as it was > > before, when they were not in a profile, but still marked as > > "provided". > > > > -- > > Christopher L Tubbs II > > http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii > > > > > > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I just doesn't make very much sense to me to have two different GAV's > >> for the very same .class files, just to get different dependencies in > >> the poms. However, if someone really wanted that, I'd look to make > >> some scripting that created this downstream from the main build. > >> > >> > >> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 6:16 PM, John Vines <vi...@apache.org> wrote: > >>> They're the same currently. I was requesting separate gavs for hadoop > 2. > >>> It's been on the mailing list and jira. > >>> > >>> Sent from my phone, please pardon the typos and brevity. > >>> On May 14, 2013 6:14 PM, "Keith Turner" <ke...@deenlo.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Benson Margulies < > bimargul...@gmail.com > >>>> >wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > I am a maven developer, and I'm offering this advice based on my > >>>> > understanding of reason why that generic advice is offered. > >>>> > > >>>> > If you have different profiles that _build different results_ but > all > >>>> > deliver the same GAV, you have chaos. > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> What GAV are we currently producing for hadoop 1 and hadoop 2? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > >>>> > If you have different profiles that test against different versions > of > >>>> > dependencies, but all deliver the same byte code at the end of the > >>>> > day, you don't have chaos. > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Christopher <ctubb...@apache.org> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > > I think it's interesting that Option 4 seems to be most > preferred... > >>>> > > because it's the *only* option that is explicitly advised against > by > >>>> > > the Maven developers (from the information I've read). I can see > its > >>>> > > appeal, but I really don't think that we should introduce an > explicit > >>>> > > problem for users (that applies to users using even the Hadoop > version > >>>> > > we directly build against... not just those using Hadoop 2... I > don't > >>>> > > know if that point was clear), to only partially support a > version of > >>>> > > Hadoop that is still alpha and has never had a stable release. > >>>> > > > >>>> > > BTW, Option 4 was how I had have achieved a solution for > >>>> > > ACCUMULO-1402, but am reluctant to apply that patch, with this > issue > >>>> > > outstanding, as it may exacerbate the problem. > >>>> > > > >>>> > > Another implication for Option 4 (the current "solution") is for > >>>> > > 1.6.0, with the planned accumulo-maven-plugin... because it means > that > >>>> > > the accumulo-maven-plugin will need to be configured like this: > >>>> > > <plugin> > >>>> > > <groupId>org.apache.accumulo</groupId> > >>>> > > <artifactId>accumulo-maven-plugin</artifactId> > >>>> > > <dependencies> > >>>> > > ... all the required hadoop 1 dependencies to make the plugin > work, > >>>> > > even though this version only works against hadoop 1 anyway... > >>>> > > </dependencies> > >>>> > > ... > >>>> > > </plugin> > >>>> > > > >>>> > > -- > >>>> > > Christopher L Tubbs II > >>>> > > http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Christopher <ctubb...@apache.org > > > >>>> > wrote: > >>>> > >> I think Option 2 is the best solution for "waiting until we have > the > >>>> > >> time to solve the problem correctly", as it ensures that > transitive > >>>> > >> dependencies work for the stable version of Hadoop, and using > Hadoop2 > >>>> > >> is a very simple documentation issue for how to apply the patch > and > >>>> > >> rebuild. Option 4 doesn't wait... it explicitly introduces a > problem > >>>> > >> for users. > >>>> > >> > >>>> > >> Option 1 is how I'm tentatively thinking about fixing it > properly in > >>>> > 1.6.0. > >>>> > >> > >>>> > >> > >>>> > >> -- > >>>> > >> Christopher L Tubbs II > >>>> > >> http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii > >>>> > >> > >>>> > >> > >>>> > >> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:56 PM, John Vines <vi...@apache.org> > wrote: > >>>> > >>> I'm an advocate of option 4. You say that it's ignoring the > problem, > >>>> > >>> whereas I think it's waiting until we have the time to solve the > >>>> > problem > >>>> > >>> correctly. Your reasoning for this is for standardizing for > maven > >>>> > >>> conventions, but the other options, while more 'correct' from a > maven > >>>> > >>> standpoint or a larger headache for our user base and > ourselves. In > >>>> > either > >>>> > >>> case, we're going to be breaking some sort of convention, and > while > >>>> > it's > >>>> > >>> not good, we should be doing the one that's less bad for US. The > >>>> > important > >>>> > >>> thing here, now, is that the poms work and we should go with the > >>>> method > >>>> > >>> that leaves the work minimal for our end users to utilize them. > >>>> > >>> > >>>> > >>> I do agree that 1. is the correct option in the long run. More > >>>> > >>> specifically, I think it boils down to having a single module > >>>> > compatibility > >>>> > >>> layer, which is how hbase deals with this issue. But like you > said, > >>>> we > >>>> > >>> don't have the time to engineer a proper solution. So let > sleeping > >>>> > dogs lie > >>>> > >>> and we can revamp the whole system for 1.5.1 or 1.6.0 when we > have > >>>> the > >>>> > >>> cycles to do it right. > >>>> > >>> > >>>> > >>> > >>>> > >>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Christopher < > ctubb...@apache.org> > >>>> > wrote: > >>>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> So, I've run into a problem with ACCUMULO-1402 that requires a > >>>> larger > >>>> > >>>> discussion about how Accumulo 1.5.0 should support Hadoop2. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> The problem is basically that profiles should not contain > >>>> > >>>> dependencies, because profiles don't get activated > transitively. A > >>>> > >>>> slide deck by the Maven developers point this out as a bad > >>>> practice... > >>>> > >>>> yet it's a practice we rely on for our current implementation > of > >>>> > >>>> Hadoop2 support > >>>> > >>>> ( > >>>> http://www.slideshare.net/aheritier/geneva-jug-30th-march-2010-maven > >>>> > >>>> slide 80). > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> What this means is that even if we go through the work of > publishing > >>>> > >>>> binary artifacts compiled against Hadoop2, neither our Hadoop1 > >>>> > >>>> binaries or our Hadoop2 binaries will be able to transitively > >>>> resolve > >>>> > >>>> any dependencies defined in profiles. This has significant > >>>> > >>>> implications to user code that depends on Accumulo Maven > artifacts. > >>>> > >>>> Every user will essentially have to explicitly add Hadoop > >>>> dependencies > >>>> > >>>> for every Accumulo artifact that has dependencies on Hadoop, > either > >>>> > >>>> because we directly or transitively depend on Hadoop (they'll > have > >>>> to > >>>> > >>>> peek into the profiles in our POMs and copy/paste the profile > into > >>>> > >>>> their project). This becomes more complicated when we consider > how > >>>> > >>>> users will try to use things like Instamo. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> There are workarounds, but none of them are really pleasant. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> 1. The best way to support both major Hadoop APIs is to have > >>>> separate > >>>> > >>>> modules with separate dependencies directly in the POM. This > is a > >>>> fair > >>>> > >>>> amount of work, and in my opinion, would be too disruptive for > >>>> 1.5.0. > >>>> > >>>> This solution also gets us separate binaries for separate > supported > >>>> > >>>> versions, which is useful. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> 2. A second option, and the preferred one I think for 1.5.0, > is to > >>>> put > >>>> > >>>> a Hadoop2 patch in the branch's contrib directory > >>>> > >>>> (branches/1.5/contrib) that patches the POM files to support > >>>> building > >>>> > >>>> against Hadoop2. (Acknowledgement to Keith for suggesting this > >>>> > >>>> solution.) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> 3. A third option is to fork Accumulo, and maintain two > separate > >>>> > >>>> builds (a more traditional technique). This adds merging > nightmare > >>>> for > >>>> > >>>> features/patches, but gets around some reflection hacks that > we may > >>>> > >>>> have been motivated to do in the past. I'm not a fan of this > option, > >>>> > >>>> particularly because I don't want to replicate the fork > nightmare > >>>> that > >>>> > >>>> has been the history of early Hadoop itself. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> 4. The last option is to do nothing and to continue to build > with > >>>> the > >>>> > >>>> separate profiles as we are, and make users discover and > specify > >>>> > >>>> transitive dependencies entirely on their own. I think this is > the > >>>> > >>>> worst option, as it essentially amounts to "ignore the > problem". > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> At the very least, it does not seem reasonable to complete > >>>> > >>>> ACCUMULO-1402 for 1.5.0, given the complexity of this issue. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Thoughts? Discussion? Vote on option? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> Christopher L Tubbs II > >>>> > >>>> http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > >>>> >