Fudge order of classpath - so that our jars take precedence over what is in CLASSPATH variable. Sounds logical, hope there is no issue cos of it
Ensure all ask/await block for spark.akka.askTimeout - so that it is controllable : instead of arbitrary timeouts spread across codebase. In our tests, we use 30 seconds, though default of 10 is maintained
Move back to 2.0.2-alpha, since 2.0.3-alpha is not available in cloudera yet
Move back to 2.0.2-alpha, since 2.0.3-alpha is not available in cloudera yet. Also, add netty dependency explicitly to prevent resolving to older 2.3x version. Additionally, comment out retrievePattern to ensure correct netty is picked up