Github user srdo commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/2637
I read the documentation for maxOffsetBehind you linked, and I think it is
confusingly phrased. It says
> If a failing tuple's offset is less than maxOffsetBehind, the spout stops
retrying the tuple
and what they mean is
> If a failing tuple's offset is farther behind the current offset than
maxOffsetBehind (i.e. if `currentOffset - failingOffset > maxOffsetBehind`, the
spout stops retrying the tuple
I misread the description as meaning
> If a failing tuple's offset is less than maxOffsetBehind behind the
current offset (i.e. if `currentOffset - failingOffset < maxOffsetBehind`), the
spout stops retrying the tuple
The links are pointing into the javadocs directory, which is not checked
into git. The javadocs directory is supposed to be created when someone
publishes release documentation to the site. See the documentation at
https://github.com/apache/storm-site#adding-a-new-release-to-the-website for
how to generate the javadoc.
I'd expect the links to work if you check out the repo and generate the
javadoc.
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