Github user paul-rogers commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/1239
@kkhatua, putting on my Apache hat... Apache Drill is an Apache project
that must work with other Apache projects such as Apache YARN. The Apache Drill
DoY support is designed to work well with Apache YARN (and has a few special
additions for MapR YARN's unique limitations.) It is important that the Apache
DoY work well with the generic YARN. No harm in adding tweaks (such as this
one) to work with vendor-specific limitations. But, the overriding concern is
that the DoY feature be useful in Apache.
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