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
> >
>



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