[YARN-9168] DistributedShell client timeout should be -1 by default

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.4, 3.3.0, 3.2.1, 3.1.3
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Zhankun Tang
• Reporter: Zhankun Tang
• Created: 02/Jan/19 10:56
• Updated: 25/Feb/19 10:12
• Resolved: 25/Feb/19 10:01

Description

The DS client will force kill an application due to default a 600s timeout. This is confusing. It should be -1 to indicate an infinite time. If a user wants a timeout, he/she should set it explicitly.