[jira] [Issue Comment Edited] (HADOOP-7966) Add back in the older -getmerge addnl param and add a test case for the new -nl param.

["Eli Collins (Issue Comment Edited) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Eli Collins edited comment on HADOOP-7966 at 1/9/12 6:42 PM:
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Why is it OK to break existing Hadoop scripts w/o at least first deprecating the option?
                
      was (Author: eli):
    Why is it OK to break existing Hadoop scripts?
                  
> Add back in the older -getmerge addnl param and add a test case for the new -nl param.
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>                 Key: HADOOP-7966
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-7966
>             Project: Hadoop Common
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: fs
>    Affects Versions: 0.24.0
>            Reporter: Harsh J
>            Assignee: Harsh J
>
> This is to fix Eli's comments on the parent task:
> bq. This breaks a public API, why not preserve it but add in the improved one and update the docs to refer to it? Also, the test for this (HDFS-2070) should be done before the change.

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