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[SPARK-21600][docs] The description of "this requires spark.shuffle.service.enabled to be set" for the spark.dynamicAllocation.enabled configuration item is not clear #18806

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[SPARK-21600][docs] The description of "this requires spark.shuffle.service.enabled to be set" for the spark.dynamicAllocation.enabled configuration item is not clear #18806

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Expand Up @@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ Apart from these, the following properties are also available, and may be useful
For more detail, see the description
<a href="job-scheduling.html#dynamic-resource-allocation">here</a>.
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This requires <code>spark.shuffle.service.enabled</code> to be set.
This requires <code>spark.shuffle.service.enabled</code> to be set true.

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I think there's no ambiguity here. Usually configuration with name "xxx.enabled" can only have two values "true" or "false". So "to be set" usually means to enable it (to set it to true).

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You are right, but usually is not very sure. Can not let the user to guess, the document needs to be accurately described. In addition, the spark project, several other are clearly described, spark.shuffle.service.enabled set true.
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Since other places are clearly defined the property, so there should be no ambiguity. Personally I'm not fond of this super nit fix...

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Thank you for your comments.
This requires spark.shuffle.service.enabled to be set true. It is very clearly. Only such an accurate description，there be no ambiguity.

The following configurations are also relevant:
<code>spark.dynamicAllocation.minExecutors</code>,
<code>spark.dynamicAllocation.maxExecutors</code>, and
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