That would be great! Give it a shot and let us know if you have any questions.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Vibul Imtarnasan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Eric, > > I created the ticket: > > Timestamp header be a standard part of an event > ----------------------------------------------- > > Key: FLUME-872 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-872 > Project: Flume > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Sinks+Sources > Affects Versions: NG alpha 2 > Environment: All > Reporter: Vibul Imtarnasan > > > Are you accepting code contributions at this point in the flume NG project? > If so, are the instructions at > https://cwiki.apache.org/FLUME/how-to-contribute.html still applicable? > > This is something I can look at if you want. > > Regards > Vibul > > > On 7 December 2011 13:29, Eric Sammer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey Vibul: > > > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Vibul Imtarnasan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm new to Flume NG and am starting to familiarizing myself with the > code > > > using https://cwiki.apache.org/FLUME/getting-started.html. > > > > > > I am using Eclipse Indigo Service Release 1 and imported the maven > > project. > > > > > > I found that I had to add the following to flume-core pom.xml to get > > > m2eclipse plugin working (note that running "mvn package" > > > outside eclipse works fine). > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > Yea, this is due to the new way that m2eclipse works. It's really > > confusing. I haven't committed the exclusion to the repo for fear it will > > break other tools (like Jenkins). It's unclear to me what it does > (although > > the docs say it shouldn't break anything - I'm skeptical). > > > > > > > > > > I also had to add target/generated-sources/arvo in flume-ng-core as a > > > source path. > > > > > > > It depends on the exact order of events you use to set up the project. I > > also use Eclipse (for Java at least) and I found that if I right click > the > > project and select "Maven -> Update Project Configuration" it will > properly > > set up the generated the source directories for the generated code. This > is > > because m2e doesn't run the generate-sources lifecycle phase of Maven > > normally or some such thing. > > > > An entirely different approach (that I think Arvind uses) is to run > 'maven > > eclipse:eclipse' which generates the Eclipse .classpath, .settings, and > > .project so you don't need to use m2eclipse at all. That works too. > > Personally, I like m2eclipse (at least in theory) because it does > > inter-workspace resolution of projects and updates deps in real time. It > > can also download sources / javadoc jars for deps which I absolutely > > require when debugging. > > > > > > > > > > Now for a couple of questions... > > > > > > *Question 1* > > > Just wondering what IDE other developers are using for Flume NG? > > > > > > > I know most folks at Cloudera use Eclipse, some with m2eclipse, some > > without. A few use IntelliJ and a few use just command line tools and vim > > or emacs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Question 2* > > > I noted that the hdfs sink requires a "timestamp" event header. > > > > > > Should the timestamp property be a standard part of an event? i.e. > > > implemented as part of Event/SimpleEvent? > > > > > > > Probably. Sounds like a bug / improvement. Go ahead and file a JIRA if > you > > get a chance. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Regards > > > Vibul > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Eric Sammer > > twitter: esammer > > data: www.cloudera.com > > > -- Eric Sammer twitter: esammer data: www.cloudera.com
