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Trevor Grant commented on MAHOUT-1894: -------------------------------------- When building Mahout against spark 2.0.2 I get one warning ``` [WARNING] /home/rawkintrevo/gits/mahout-local/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/mahout/sparkbindings/drm/DrmLikeSuite.scala:127: warning: constructor SQLContext in class SQLContext is deprecated: Use SparkSession.builder instead [WARNING] val sqlContext= new org.apache.spark.sql.SQLContext(sc) ``` And then in the tests a lot of whining about ``` Exception encountered when invoking run on a nested suite - requirement failed: MAHOUT_HOME is required to spawn mahout-based spark jobs *** ABORTED *** java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: requirement failed: MAHOUT_HOME is required to spawn mahout-based spark jobs ``` > Add support for Spark 2x backend > -------------------------------- > > Key: MAHOUT-1894 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-1894 > Project: Mahout > Issue Type: Task > Components: spark > Affects Versions: 0.13.0 > Reporter: Suneel Marthi > Priority: Critical > Fix For: 1.0.0, 0.13.0, 0.14.0 > > > add support for Spark 2.x as backend execution engine. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.15#6346)