Github user uce commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/1458#issuecomment-171234571
OK, I've looked into it, and option 2) needs more checks in different parts
of the system in order to ensure that standalone mode correctly rejects random
ports and port ranges. I think this is too much effort at this point. If you
are OK with it, I would stick to 1) and leave it as it is.
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