> On 22 Sep 2015, at 16:39, Colin P. McCabe <cmcc...@apache.org> wrote: > >> ANNOUNCEMENT: new patches which contain hard-coded ports in test runs will >> henceforth be reverted. Jenkins matters more than the 30s of your time it >> takes to use the free port finder methods. Same for any hard code paths in >> filesystems. > > +1. Can you add this to HowToContribute on the wiki? Or should we > vote on it first?
I don't think we need to vote on it: hard code ports should be something we veto on patches anyway. In https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-12143 I propose having a better style guide in the docs.
