+1
> On Sep 11, 2017, at 11:00 AM, Udo Kohlmeyer <u...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> With a recent addition to the build scripts, to test lucene backwards
> compatibility, a step was added to download a previous version of GEODE.
>
> This is causing longer build times now, which is a real distraction. In cases
> where one would like to work on a branch, rebase that on develop and merge
> that, this step becomes a real time hog.
>
> I request that we remove this default behavior from a clean build until we
> have a better solution to this issue.
>
> I also believe that if anyone wants to add behavior like this into the
> default build, that it at least is discussed on the dev list before
> implementing this.
>
> --Udo
>