Patrick - Thank you, I'll proceed accordingly. -Todd -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Hunt [mailto:ph...@apache.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:30 PM To: zookeeper-user@hadoop.apache.org Subject: Re: Zookeeper WAN Configuration
> [Todd] What is the recommended policy regarding patching zookeeper > locally? As an external user, should I patch and compile in the trunk or > in the branch (branch-3.2)? > > I've looked at : > http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/ZooKeeper/HowToContribute > http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToRelease > > And both of these seem well thought out but aimed at commiters commiting > to the trunk. > In your context (want 3.2 features) you probably want to build based on the 3.2 tag, that way you are working off a known quantity. I'd suggest strongly that as part of your build you document the source base and which patches/changes you have applied. Having this information will be critical for you (or someone using your build) in case bugs have to be filed, or further changes/patches have to be applied, etc... Patrick
