Thanks for highlighting Chris. Some thoughts: There are steps defined in the README and INSTALL for setting up Accumulo from the binary distribution. It sounds reasonable to add additional steps for downloading dependencies into the lib/ folder to these documents, as long as the instructions are clearly explained. Bonus points for including a helper script.
Organizations that manage dependencies in an offline environment will still have guidance for what artifacts and which versions to obtain and where to put them. I suggest delaying the change to 2.0.0, since some users would be surprised by the switch. We should also remember the aphorism "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Are users running into compatibility problems with the classpath or class loaders? If yes, then this is important. If not, it could still be a good thing, and I would support it if someone is energized to implement the change. It sounds like this would make the release process and future maintenance easier, especially on the legal end. Projects like accumulo-quickstart(1) are critical for allowing users to play around with Accumulo at low entry barrier. Let's make sure that (or a similar) project still works. (1) https://github.com/accumulobook/quickinstall (Pending PR) https://github.com/accumulobook/quickinstall/pull/1 On Jun 30, 2016 3:43 PM, "Christopher" <ctubb...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to bring to your attention > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-4356, for discussion. Feel > free to comment here or on the issue. >
