[jira] [Commented] (FLINK-2298) Allow setting custom YARN application names through the CLI

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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-2298:
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Github user mxm commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/876#discussion_r33657128
  
    --- Diff: docs/setup/yarn_setup.md ---
    @@ -100,11 +100,13 @@ Usage:
          -D <arg>                        Dynamic properties
          -d,--detached                   Start detached
          -jm,--jobManagerMemory <arg>    Memory for JobManager Container [in MB]
    +     -nm,--name                      Set a custom name for the application on YARN
    --- End diff --
    
    This short option `-nm` can be very easily confused with the `-n` parameter which sets the number of containers. I would remove the short option and just have the long one `--name`.


> Allow setting custom YARN application names through the CLI
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: FLINK-2298
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-2298
>             Project: Flink
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: YARN Client
>    Affects Versions: 0.10
>            Reporter: Robert Metzger
>            Assignee: Robert Metzger
>
> A Flink user asked for adding an option to the YARN CLI frontend to provide a custom application name when starting Flink on YARN.



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