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Hadoop QA commented on HBASE-16568: ----------------------------------- | (x) *{color:red}-1 overall{color}* | \\ \\ || Vote || Subsystem || Runtime || Comment || | {color:blue}0{color} | {color:blue} reexec {color} | {color:blue} 0m 0s{color} | {color:blue} Docker mode activated. {color} | | {color:red}-1{color} | {color:red} patch {color} | {color:red} 0m 5s{color} | {color:red} HBASE-16568 does not apply to master. Rebase required? Wrong Branch? See https://yetus.apache.org/documentation/0.4.0/precommit-patchnames for help. {color} | \\ \\ || Subsystem || Report/Notes || | JIRA Issue | HBASE-16568 | | JIRA Patch URL | https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12832614/HBASE-16568.patch | | Console output | https://builds.apache.org/job/PreCommit-HBASE-Build/8543/console | | Powered by | Apache Yetus 0.4.0 http://yetus.apache.org | This message was automatically generated. > Remove Cygwin-oriented instructions (for installing HBase in Windows OS) from > official reference materials > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-16568 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-16568 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: documentation > Affects Versions: 2.0.0 > Reporter: Daniel Vimont > Assignee: Daniel Vimont > Priority: Minor > Attachments: HBASE-16568.patch > > > Cygwin-oriented instructions in the official reference materials (for > installing HBase in a Windows environment) seem to be out of date and > incorrect; a number of unresolved/unresolvable requests for help have been > posted to d...@hbase.org and u...@hbase.org mailing lists. > Discussions on d...@apache.org and HBase Slack channel resulted in (1) no > volunteers to update/maintain the Cygwin-oriented instructions, and (2) > several "+" votes and no "-" votes on the suggestion of removing > Cygwin-oriented instructions from the official reference materials. > FUTURE POSSIBLE FOLLOW-UP: For the sake of setting up a > development/testing/sandbox environment in Windows, it might be helpful to > recommend the installation of a virtual machine environment (e.g. VirtualBox) > in a Windows OS, followed by the installation of an appropriate flavor of > Linux (e.g., Ubuntu) in the VM. After this, all the standard HBase > installation/config/usage instructions can be followed. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)