+1 (non-binding) 1. Downloaded src tar, built, ran tests. (33 minutes, including time to download dependencies.) 2. Following installation instructions in INSTALL.md, had permissions issues with /opt/drill. Had to use ‘sudo’ for ‘mkdir /opt/drill’, then ‘sudo chmod 777 /opt/drill’. Otherwise sqlline gives 'java.io.FileNotFoundException: /opt/drill/log/sqlline.log (No such file or directory)’. 3. Ran sqlline embedded. Everything worked fine. 4. Ran web UI, ran a few queries. * Biggest gripe is that it took me 20 minutes of googling and grepping to find out how. Answer: http://localhost:8047/query. * Ran into one issue, logged as https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-1376.
Suggestions: * Instructions in INSTALL.md relate to building from github, not building a src distribution. * Instructions should note that ‘-DskipTests’ will make the build run faster. * Reduce verbosity of tests. * README should say ‘This is a source distribution of Drill version x.y.z.’. * Tell people about the web interface. It is not mentioned in INSTALL.md or https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/DRILL/Apache+Drill+Wiki. Julian
