[SPARK-1438] Update RDD.sample() API to make seed parameter optional

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.0
• Component/s: Spark Core
• Labels: Starter
• Assignee: Arun Ramakrishnan
• Reporter: Matei Alexandru Zaharia
• Created: 07/Apr/14 22:04
• Updated: 25/Apr/14 00:29
• Resolved: 25/Apr/14 00:29

Description

When a seed is not given, it should pick one based on Math.random().

This needs to be done in Java and Python as well.