Index: pom.xml =================================================================== --- pom.xml (revision 1387315) +++ pom.xml (working copy) @@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ + + + ON MVN COMPILE NOT WORKING + + If you wondering why 'mvn compile' does not work building HBase + (in particular, if you are doing it for the first time), instead do + 'mvn package'. If you are interested in the full story, see + https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-6795. + --> 4.0.0