Ranger compiled binaries availability

[Ramesh Bhanan <in...@gmail.com>]

Hello Rangers,
Have this question around why the compiled binaries are not available?
Unlike other apache softwares like Hadoop, Hive etc which ships
downloadable binaries. But in the case of a Ranger we need to build it
everytime.
It takes a lot of time in building new versions since dependencies like
gcc, npm, node and python software requirements are not easily accessible
in a closed/secured environment.

Is there any specific reason why it's done like this?

Thanks,
Ramesh

Re: Ranger compiled binaries availability

[Ramesh Bhanan <in...@gmail.com>]

Surekha,
Thanks for bringing this.

++ madhan@apache.org, Can you please clarify on this. This will be very
helpful for someone to right way start trying the Ranger.

Regards,
Ramesh


On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 at 06:16, surekha saharan <su...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi Ramesh,
> It seems the ASF guideline for apache releases only mandates source
> packages, see
> http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#source-packages. That
> said,
> I think including binaries should be harmless, and useful for users. Maybe
> someone from the core dev team can provide more info on this.
>
> -Surekha
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 10:31 PM Ramesh Bhanan <in...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello Rangers,
> > Have this question around why the compiled binaries are not available?
> > Unlike other apache softwares like Hadoop, Hive etc which ships
> > downloadable binaries. But in the case of a Ranger we need to build it
> > everytime.
> > It takes a lot of time in building new versions since dependencies like
> > gcc, npm, node and python software requirements are not easily accessible
> > in a closed/secured environment.
> >
> > Is there any specific reason why it's done like this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ramesh
> >
>

Re: Ranger compiled binaries availability

[surekha saharan <su...@apache.org>]

Hi Ramesh,
It seems the ASF guideline for apache releases only mandates source
packages, see
http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#source-packages. That said,
I think including binaries should be harmless, and useful for users. Maybe
someone from the core dev team can provide more info on this.

-Surekha



On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 10:31 PM Ramesh Bhanan <in...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Rangers,
> Have this question around why the compiled binaries are not available?
> Unlike other apache softwares like Hadoop, Hive etc which ships
> downloadable binaries. But in the case of a Ranger we need to build it
> everytime.
> It takes a lot of time in building new versions since dependencies like
> gcc, npm, node and python software requirements are not easily accessible
> in a closed/secured environment.
>
> Is there any specific reason why it's done like this?
>
> Thanks,
> Ramesh
>