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[jira] [Updated] (KAFKA-1130) "log.dirs" is a confusing property name

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1130?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

David Arthur updated KAFKA-1130:
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    Attachment: KAFKA-1130.diff

Straw man proposal

> "log.dirs" is a confusing property name
> ---------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: KAFKA-1130
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1130
>             Project: Kafka
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: config
>    Affects Versions: 0.8
>            Reporter: David Arthur
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: KAFKA-1130.diff
>
>
> "log.dirs" is a somewhat misleading config name. The term "log" comes from an internal Kafka class name, and shouldn't leak out into the public API (in this case, the config).
> Something like "data.dirs" would be less confusing.



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