Typo: and -> an

Author: Andrew Ash <andrew@andrewash.com>

Closes #927 from ash211/patch-5 and squashes the following commits:

79b577d [Andrew Ash] Typo: and -> an
updated link to mailing list

Author: nchammas <nicholas.chammas@gmail.com>

Closes #923 from nchammas/patch-1 and squashes the following commits:

65c4d18 [nchammas] updated link to mailing list
SPARK-1976: fix the misleading part in  streaming docs

Spark streaming requires at least two working threads, but the document gives the example like

import org.apache.spark.api.java.function._
import org.apache.spark.streaming._
import org.apache.spark.streaming.api._
// Create a StreamingContext with a local master
val ssc = new StreamingContext("local", "NetworkWordCount", Seconds(1))
http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/streaming-programming-guide.html

Author: CodingCat <zhunansjtu@gmail.com>

Closes #924 from CodingCat/master and squashes the following commits:

bb89f20 [CodingCat] update streaming docs
[SPARK-1959] String "NULL" shouldn't be interpreted as null value

JIRA issue: [SPARK-1959](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-1959)

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

Closes #909 from liancheng/spark-1959 and squashes the following commits:

306659c [Cheng Lian] [SPARK-1959] String "NULL" shouldn't be interpreted as null value
correct tiny comment error

Author: Chen Chao <crazyjvm@gmail.com>

Closes #928 from CrazyJvm/patch-8 and squashes the following commits:

144328b [Chen Chao] correct tiny comment error
[SPARK-1947] [SQL] Child of SumDistinct or Average should be widened to prevent overflows the same as Sum.

Child of `SumDistinct` or `Average` should be widened to prevent overflows the same as `Sum`.

Author: Takuya UESHIN <ueshin@happy-camper.st>

Closes #902 from ueshin/issues/SPARK-1947 and squashes the following commits:

99c3dcb [Takuya UESHIN] Insert Cast for SumDistinct and Average.
Optionally include Hive as a dependency of the REPL.

Due to the way spark-shell launches from an assembly jar, I don't think this change will affect anyone who isn't trying to launch the shell directly from sbt.  That said, it is kinda nice to be able to launch all things directly from SBT when developing.

Author: Michael Armbrust <michael@databricks.com>

Closes #801 from marmbrus/hiveRepl and squashes the following commits:

9570571 [Michael Armbrust] Optionally include Hive as a dependency of the REPL.
[SQL] SPARK-1964 Add timestamp to hive metastore type parser.

Author: Michael Armbrust <michael@databricks.com>

Closes #913 from marmbrus/timestampMetastore and squashes the following commits:

8e0154f [Michael Armbrust] Add timestamp to hive metastore type parser.
Super minor: Close inputStream in SparkSubmitArguments

`Properties#load()` doesn't close the InputStream, but it'd be closed after being GC'd anyway...

Also changed file.getName to file, because getName only shows the filename. This will show the full (possibly relative) path, which is less confusing if it's not found.

Author: Aaron Davidson <aaron@databricks.com>

Closes #914 from aarondav/tiny and squashes the following commits:

db9d072 [Aaron Davidson] Super minor: Close inputStream in SparkSubmitArguments
SPARK-1839: PySpark RDD#take() shouldn't always read from driver

This patch simply ports over the Scala implementation of RDD#take(), which reads the first partition at the driver, then decides how many more partitions it needs to read and will possibly start a real job if it's more than 1. (Note that SparkContext#runJob(allowLocal=true) only runs the job locally if there's 1 partition selected and no parent stages.)

Author: Aaron Davidson <aaron@databricks.com>

Closes #922 from aarondav/take and squashes the following commits:

fa06df9 [Aaron Davidson] SPARK-1839: PySpark RDD#take() shouldn't always read from driver
Improve maven plugin configuration

Author: witgo <witgo@qq.com>

Closes #786 from witgo/maven_plugin and squashes the following commits:

5de86a2 [witgo] Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/apache/spark into maven_plugin
c35ef73 [witgo] Improve maven plugin configuration
SPARK-1917: fix PySpark import of scipy.special functions

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-1917

Author: Uri Laserson <laserson@cloudera.com>

Closes #866 from laserson/SPARK-1917 and squashes the following commits:

d947e8c [Uri Laserson] Added test for scipy.special importing
1798bbd [Uri Laserson] SPARK-1917: fix PySpark import of scipy.special
updated java code blocks in spark SQL guide such that ctx will refer to ...

...a JavaSparkContext and sqlCtx will refer to a JavaSQLContext

Author: Yadid Ayzenberg <yadid@media.mit.edu>

Closes #932 from yadid/master and squashes the following commits:

f92fb3a [Yadid Ayzenberg] updated java code blocks in spark SQL guide such that ctx will refer to a JavaSparkContext and sqlCtx will refer to a JavaSQLContext
Made spark_ec2.py PEP8 compliant.

The change set is actually pretty small -- mostly whitespace changes. Admittedly this is a scary change due to the lack of tests to cover the ec2 scripts, and also because indentation actually impacts control flow in Python ...

Look at changes without whitespace diff here: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/891/files?w=1

Author: Reynold Xin <rxin@apache.org>

Closes #891 from rxin/spark-ec2-pep8 and squashes the following commits:

ac1bf11 [Reynold Xin] Made spark_ec2.py PEP8 compliant.
Better explanation for how to use MIMA excludes.

This patch does a few things:
1. We have a file MimaExcludes.scala exclusively for excludes.
2. The test runner tells users about that file if a test fails.
3. I've added back the excludes used from 0.9->1.0. We should keep
   these in the project as an official audit trail of times where
   we decided to make exceptions.

Author: Patrick Wendell <pwendell@gmail.com>

Closes #937 from pwendell/mima and squashes the following commits:

7ee0db2 [Patrick Wendell] Better explanation for how to use MIMA excludes.
Updated documentation and restored the old incorrect API to maintain API compatibility.
Merge branch 'master' into hll
Excluded util.SerializableHyperLogLog from MIMA check.