Github user zjffdu commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/pull/2613
Yes, it keeps capability. The interpreter is not changed.
interpreter-setting.json is still packaged into interpreter jar, but copied to
interpreter dir as well in this PR. And interpreter-setting.json under
interpreter dir take precedence over that in interpreter jar. see
https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/blob/master/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterSettingManager.java#L263
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