[HADOOP-9271] revert Python build scripts from branch-trunk-win

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: trunk-win
• Fix Version/s: trunk-win
• Component/s: build
• Target Version/s: trunk-win
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Chris Nauroth
• Reporter: Chris Nauroth
• Created: 31/Jan/13 21:45
• Updated: 13/Mar/13 20:19
• Resolved: 02/Feb/13 21:59

Description

On branch-trunk-win, some work was committed to convert custom build scripting to Python as a cross-platform solution to support builds on both Linux and Windows. The community has since rejected this solution. This issue tracks removal of the Python build code from branch-trunk-win.

This will restore branch-trunk-win to the same state as trunk, which uses shell for custom build scripting. This means that developers working on branch-trunk-win will once again need sh.exe on the PATH to build the distribution. This will be a temporary state. A subsequent jira will add build scripts specific to Windows, using a language more common in a Windows development environment. The community has approved minimal use of multiple platform-specific scripting languages.

Issue Links

• is related to: HADOOP-9397 Incremental dist tar build fails
• relates to: HADOOP-9082 Simplify scripting usages so that parallel platform-dependent scripts are simple to maintain