What is the correct procedure for downloading a spark 1.2.X release for use with hadoop2.4?
The existing download page has a link for hadoop 2.4+. However when using that with hadoop 2.4 an exception is thrown NoSuchMethodError for Statistics.getThreadStatistics. Upon brief investigation: The SparkHadoopUtil class invokes the hadoop FileSystem.Statistics.getThreadStatistics which exists in hadoop 2.5+
