[AURORA-414] if thermos_executor_runner exists on $PATH, choose it instead of embedded runner

• Type: Task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Executor, Thermos
• Sprint: Twitter Aurora Q4 Sprint 5, Twitter Aurora Q4 Sprint 6
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Brian Wickman
• Created: 12/May/14 18:34
• Updated: 03/Aug/15 18:58

Description

Right now the ThermosTaskRunner in the aurora executor requires the thermos runner to be embedded as a pex file. This is not compatible philosophically with the ability to pip install everything. If a runner exists on the $PATH, we should use that instead.