I was trying to compile the project on Mac OSX with java 1.7 and get errors.
Please see complete error trace here:
https://gist.github.com/edvorkin/a3be9a914980de74a45b

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[INFO] Scanning for projects...
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[INFO] Reactor Build Order:
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[INFO] Herringbone Impala
[INFO] Herringbone Main
[INFO] Herringbone
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[INFO] Building Herringbone Impala 0.0.2
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[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:2.5:clean (default-clean) @ herringbone-impala ---
[INFO] Deleting /Users/eugene.dvorkin/IdeaProjects/herringbone/herringbone-impala/target
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[INFO] --- maven-thrift-plugin:0.1.11:compile (thrift-sources) @ herringbone-impala ---
[ERROR] thrift failed output:
[ERROR] thrift failed error: /bin/sh: thrift: command not found

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[INFO] Reactor Summary:
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[INFO] Herringbone Impala ................................. FAILURE [ 0.541 s]
[INFO] Herringbone Main ................................... SKIPPED
[INFO] Herringbone ........................................ SKIPPED
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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
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[INFO] Total time: 0.641 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2014-12-07T10:15:47-05:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 8M/245M
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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.thrift.tools:maven-thrift-plugin:0.1.11:compile (thrift-sources) on project herringbone-impala: thrift did not exit cleanly. Review output for more information. -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.thrift.tools:maven-thrift-plugin:0.1.11:compile (thrift-sources) on project herringbone-impala: thrift did not exit cleanly. Review output for more information.
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:212)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:116)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:80)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:120)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:347)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:154)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:582)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:214)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:158)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException: thrift did not exit cleanly. Review output for more information.
at org.apache.thrift.maven.AbstractThriftMojo.execute(AbstractThriftMojo.java:177)
at org.apache.thrift.maven.ThriftCompileMojo.execute(ThriftCompileMojo.java:21)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:132)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
... 19 more
[ERROR]
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
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[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException