fix flaky tests

Python 2.6 does not handle float error well as 2.7+

Author: Davies Liu <davies.liu@gmail.com>

Closes #1910 from davies/fix_test and squashes the following commits:

7e51200 [Davies Liu] fix flaky tests
SPARK-2830 [MLlib]: re-organize mllib documentation

As per discussions with Xiangrui, I've reorganized and edited the mllib documentation.

Author: Ameet Talwalkar <atalwalkar@gmail.com>

Closes #1908 from atalwalkar/master and squashes the following commits:

fe6938a [Ameet Talwalkar] made xiangruis suggested changes
840028b [Ameet Talwalkar] made xiangruis suggested changes
7ec366a [Ameet Talwalkar] reorganize and edit mllib documentation
[SPARK-2953] Allow using short names for io compression codecs

Instead of requiring "org.apache.spark.io.LZ4CompressionCodec", it is easier for users if Spark just accepts "lz4", "lzf", "snappy".

Author: Reynold Xin <rxin@apache.org>

Closes #1873 from rxin/compressionCodecShortForm and squashes the following commits:

9f50962 [Reynold Xin] Specify short-form compression codec names first.
63f78ee [Reynold Xin] Updated configuration documentation.
47b3848 [Reynold Xin] [SPARK-2953] Allow using short names for io compression codecs
Use transferTo when copy merge files in ExternalSorter

Since this is a file to file copy, using transferTo should be faster.

Author: Raymond Liu <raymond.liu@intel.com>

Closes #1884 from colorant/externalSorter and squashes the following commits:

6e42f3c [Raymond Liu] More code into copyStream
bfb496b [Raymond Liu] Use transferTo when copy merge files in ExternalSorter
[SPARK-1777 (partial)] bugfix: make size of requested memory correctly

Author: Zhang, Liye <liye.zhang@intel.com>

Closes #1892 from liyezhang556520/lazy_memory_request and squashes the following commits:

335ab61 [Zhang, Liye] [SPARK-1777 (partial)] bugfix: make size of requested memory correctly
[SPARK-2993] [MLLib] colStats (wrapper around MultivariateStatisticalSummary) in Statistics

For both Scala and Python.

The ser/de util functions were moved out of `PythonMLLibAPI` and into their own object to avoid creating the `PythonMLLibAPI` object inside of `MultivariateStatisticalSummarySerialized`, which is then referenced inside of a method in `PythonMLLibAPI`.

`MultivariateStatisticalSummarySerialized` was created to serialize the `Vector` fields in `MultivariateStatisticalSummary`.

Author: Doris Xin <doris.s.xin@gmail.com>

Closes #1911 from dorx/colStats and squashes the following commits:

77b9924 [Doris Xin] developerAPI tag
de9cbbe [Doris Xin] reviewer comments and moved more ser/de
459faba [Doris Xin] colStats in Statistics for both Scala and Python
[SPARK-2963] [SQL] There no documentation about building to use HiveServer and CLI for SparkSQL

Author: Kousuke Saruta <sarutak@oss.nttdata.co.jp>

Closes #1885 from sarutak/SPARK-2963 and squashes the following commits:

ed53329 [Kousuke Saruta] Modified description and notaton of proper noun
07c59fc [Kousuke Saruta] Added a description about how to build to use HiveServer and CLI for SparkSQL to building-with-maven.md
6e6645a [Kousuke Saruta] Merge branch 'master' of git://git.apache.org/spark into SPARK-2963
c88fa93 [Kousuke Saruta] Added a description about building to use HiveServer and CLI for SparkSQL
[SPARK-3013] [SQL] [PySpark] convert array into list

because Pyrolite does not support array from Python 2.6

Author: Davies Liu <davies.liu@gmail.com>

Closes #1928 from davies/fix_array and squashes the following commits:

858e6c5 [Davies Liu] convert array into list
[SPARK-2983] [PySpark] improve performance of sortByKey()

1. skip partitionBy() when numOfPartition is 1
2. use bisect_left (O(lg(N))) instread of loop (O(N)) in
rangePartitioner

Author: Davies Liu <davies.liu@gmail.com>

Closes #1898 from davies/sort and squashes the following commits:

0a9608b [Davies Liu] Merge branch 'master' into sort
1cf9565 [Davies Liu] improve performance of sortByKey()
[MLLIB] use Iterator.fill instead of Array.fill

Iterator.fill uses less memory

Author: Xiangrui Meng <meng@databricks.com>

Closes #1930 from mengxr/rand-gen-iter and squashes the following commits:

24178ca [Xiangrui Meng] use Iterator.fill instead of Array.fill
[SPARK-3004][SQL] Added null checking when retrieving row set

JIRA issue: [SPARK-3004](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-3004)

HiveThriftServer2 throws exception when the result set contains `NULL`. Should check `isNullAt` in `SparkSQLOperationManager.getNextRowSet`.

Note that simply using `row.addColumnValue(null)` doesn't work, since Hive set the column type of a null `ColumnValue` to String by default.

Author: Cheng Lian <lian.cs.zju@gmail.com>

Closes #1920 from liancheng/spark-3004 and squashes the following commits:

1b1db1c [Cheng Lian] Adding NULL column values in the Hive way
2217722 [Cheng Lian] Fixed SPARK-3004: added null checking when retrieving row set
[SPARK-2817] [SQL] add "show create table" support

In spark sql component, the "show create table" syntax had been disabled.
We thought it is a useful funciton to describe a hive table.

Author: tianyi <tianyi@asiainfo-linkage.com>
Author: tianyi <tianyi@asiainfo.com>
Author: tianyi <tianyi.asiainfo@gmail.com>

Closes #1760 from tianyi/spark-2817 and squashes the following commits:

7d28b15 [tianyi] [SPARK-2817] fix too short prefix problem
cbffe8b [tianyi] [SPARK-2817] fix the case problem
565ec14 [tianyi] [SPARK-2817] fix the case problem
60d48a9 [tianyi] [SPARK-2817] use system temporary folder instead of temporary files in the source tree, and also clean some empty line
dbe1031 [tianyi] [SPARK-2817] move some code out of function rewritePaths, as it may be called multiple times
9b2ba11 [tianyi] [SPARK-2817] fix the line length problem
9f97586 [tianyi] [SPARK-2817] remove test.tmp.dir from pom.xml
bfc2999 [tianyi] [SPARK-2817] add "File.separator" support, create a "testTmpDir" outside the rewritePaths
bde800a [tianyi] [SPARK-2817] add "${system:test.tmp.dir}" support add "last_modified_by" to nonDeterministicLineIndicators in HiveComparisonTest
bb82726 [tianyi] [SPARK-2817] remove test which requires a system from the whitelist.
bbf6b42 [tianyi] [SPARK-2817] add a systemProperties named "test.tmp.dir" to pass the test which contains "${system:test.tmp.dir}"
a337bd6 [tianyi] [SPARK-2817] add "show create table" support
a03db77 [tianyi] [SPARK-2817] add "show create table" support
[SPARK-2994][SQL] Support for udfs that take complex types

Author: Michael Armbrust <michael@databricks.com>

Closes #1915 from marmbrus/arrayUDF and squashes the following commits:

a1c503d [Michael Armbrust] Support for udfs that take complex types
[SPARK-2650][SQL] More precise initial buffer size estimation for in-memory column buffer

This is a follow up of #1880.

Since the row number within a single batch is known, we can estimate a much more precise initial buffer size when building an in-memory column buffer.

Author: Cheng Lian <lian.cs.zju@gmail.com>

Closes #1901 from liancheng/precise-init-buffer-size and squashes the following commits:

d5501fa [Cheng Lian] More precise initial buffer size estimation for in-memory column buffer
[SPARK-2935][SQL]Fix parquet predicate push down bug

Author: Michael Armbrust <michael@databricks.com>

Closes #1863 from marmbrus/parquetPredicates and squashes the following commits:

10ad202 [Michael Armbrust] left <=> right
f249158 [Michael Armbrust] quiet parquet tests.
802da5b [Michael Armbrust] Add test case.
eab2eda [Michael Armbrust] Fix parquet predicate push down bug
[SPARK-2970] [SQL] spark-sql script ends with IOException when EventLogging is enabled

Author: Kousuke Saruta <sarutak@oss.nttdata.co.jp>

Closes #1891 from sarutak/SPARK-2970 and squashes the following commits:

4a2d2fe [Kousuke Saruta] Modified comment style
8bd833c [Kousuke Saruta] Modified style
6c0997c [Kousuke Saruta] Modified the timing of shutdown hook execution. It should be executed before shutdown hook of o.a.h.f.FileSystem
[SPARK-2986] [SQL] fixed: setting properties does not effect

it seems that set command does not run by SparkSQLDriver. it runs on hive api.
user can not change reduce number by setting spark.sql.shuffle.partitions

but i think setting hive properties seems just a role to spark sql.

Author: guowei <guowei@upyoo.com>

Closes #1904 from guowei2/temp-branch and squashes the following commits:

7d47dde [guowei] fixed: setting properties like spark.sql.shuffle.partitions does not effective
SPARK-3020: Print completed indices rather than tasks in web UI

Author: Patrick Wendell <pwendell@gmail.com>

Closes #1933 from pwendell/speculation and squashes the following commits:

33a3473 [Patrick Wendell] Use OpenHashSet
8ce2ff0 [Patrick Wendell] SPARK-3020: Print completed indices rather than tasks in web UI
[SPARK-3006] Failed to execute spark-shell in Windows OS

Modified the order of the options and arguments in spark-shell.cmd

Author: Masayoshi TSUZUKI <tsudukim@oss.nttdata.co.jp>

Closes #1918 from tsudukim/feature/SPARK-3006 and squashes the following commits:

8bba494 [Masayoshi TSUZUKI] [SPARK-3006] Failed to execute spark-shell in Windows OS
1a32410 [Masayoshi TSUZUKI] [SPARK-3006] Failed to execute spark-shell in Windows OS
[Docs] Add missing <code> tags (minor)

These configs looked inconsistent from the rest.

Author: Andrew Or <andrewor14@gmail.com>

Closes #1936 from andrewor14/docs-code and squashes the following commits:

15f578a [Andrew Or] Add <code> tag