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Steve Loughran commented on HADOOP-5772: ---------------------------------------- I think reloading is separate from distributed sourcing of configuration . You can have a distributed source of configuration that isn't reloaded/read-on-demand; you can even reload stuff from the local (or NFS-mounted) FS > Implement a 'refreshable' configuration system with right access-controls etc. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HADOOP-5772 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-5772 > Project: Hadoop Core > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: conf > Reporter: Arun C Murthy > > We have various bits and pieces of code to refresh certain configuration > files, various components to restrict access to who can actually refresh the > configs etc. > I propose we start thinking about a simple system to support this as a > first-class citizen in Hadoop Core... -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.