https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/805


On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Andrew Ash <andrew@andrewash.com> wrote:

> Got it.  I'm starting a cleanup PR that should be in within an hour.
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> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Matei Zaharia <notifications@github.com>wrote:
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>> In docs/running-on-mesos.md:
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>> > +# Installing Mesos
>> > +
>> > +Spark {{site.SPARK_VERSION}} is designed for use with Mesos {{site.MESOS_VERSION}} and does not
>> > +require any special patches of Mesos.
>> > +
>> > +If you already have a Mesos cluster running, you can skip this Mesos installation step.
>> > +
>> > +Otherwise, installing Mesos for Spark is no different than installing Mesos for use by other
>> > +frameworks.  You can install Mesos using either prebuilt packages or by compiling from source.
>> > +
>> > +## Prebuilt packages
>> > +
>> > +The Apache Mesos project only publishes source package releases, no binary releases.  But other
>> > +third party projects publish binary releases that may be helpful in setting Mesos up.
>> > +
>> > +One of those is Mesosphere.  To install Mesos using the binary releases provided by Mesosphere:
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>> Also I would call these "third-party packages" instead of "prebuilt
>> packages". Again, since this is going on an Apache web page, we can't be
>> misrepresenting the Mesos project. Bits that are not built by Apache are
>> unfortunately third-party.
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