https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-1174 documents trying to make the build work on Windows. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-1240 is adding some things that don't work on Windows. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLUME/Index doesn't say Windows isn't supported, only that it hasn't been tested there. Although I'm not a big fan of Windows myself I think we need to set a clear direction on whether it will be supported or not as clearly these two Jira issues are at odds with each other. I'm not really sure why Windows shouldn't be supported if there are users who want it. Unfortunately, that may mean creating shell scripts and equivalent .bat files.
Ralph
