Why does not pinball save current jobs metadata to mysql?

[sungjuly]

I'm wondering why does not pinball save current jobs metadata to mysql? For now current jobs metadata is loaded in the parser layer when the workflow is scheduled. This concept is hard to pass definition of workflow with extra params through UI. Is there a reason?

#TODO(mao): to make it flexible that allow users specify through UI
https://github.com/pinterest/pinball/blob/master/pinball/parser/repository_config_parser.py#L121

FYI. I always thank you for making good workflow solution. Recently I implemented backfilling form for specific requrement of my company.

[csliu]

I think it's to make sure we always have the latest version of the code (includes job/workflow metadata), the job/workflow code in the repo is always the ground truth.

Can you describe your use case that needs to pass extra args through UI?

Thanks,
Changshu