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Tools that can be configured through both command line arguments and configuration files should be adjusted accordingly.
The following tools will be updated:
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1. Allowing Customizable Property Precedence
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Allow different tools
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to have their own precedence rules for property loading.
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Reason for Rejection: While this would provide more flexibility for Kafka developers, it would introduce undesirable complexity to the configuration logic, be confusing to users, and increase the potential for bugs.
2. Preferring Configuration Files Over Command Line Arguments
Reason for Rejection: Intuitively, users are more likely to expect properties set via command line arguments to take effect over those defined in configuration files.