apache / apache/bookkeeper

Allow BookKeeper localbookie to start on Windows

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Description

**FEATURE REQUEST**

1. Please describe the feature you are requesting.
In order to ease development of client applications it would be very useful to be able to start "bookkeeper localbookie" or even "bookkeeper standalone" on a Windows machine with "Git bash" or "cygwin"

2. Indicate the importance of this issue to you (blocker, must-have, should-have, nice-to-have).
Are you currently using any workarounds to address this issue?
should-have

3. Provide any additional detail on your proposed use case for this feature.
The first problem is usually that in windows the JAVA_HOME env variable contains spaces and the script break.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by locating the entry points for the `bookkeeper localbookie` and `bookkeeper standalone` commands and inspect how JAVA_HOME is passed when its Windows path contains spaces. Verify the commands from Git Bash or Cygwin on Windows, and consider the work done when both commands start successfully with such a JAVA_HOME value.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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