Github user nickwallen commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/incubator-metron/pull/449 I can see the value of the additional flexibility here. Of course, the flip side is that I am always worried about too much complexity, as you probably guessed. I don't know if your proposal gets us all the way there in regards to user-focused over implementation-focused terminology. Personally, I'd like to see profile definitions that are portable and work no matter where the Profiler is configured to persist data. But maybe that is a pipe dream. Your point on backwards compatibility is a good one.
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