For people who are interested in the topic, there is a mirrored GitHub
discussion here[1] and we already got some good ideas. Thanks for
everyone's help.

Best,
Hongze

[1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-gluten/discussions/7735

On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 2:01 PM Hongze Zhang <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> In our code base, there are still some contents in the common module
> but actually belong to one certain backend (CH or VL). Do you think we
> can do something to get rid of them?
>
> The contents I found:
>
> 1. Backend-specific configurations in GlutenConfig.scala
> 2. Backend-specific code in UT module, E.g., the calls to
> BackendTestUtils.is<name>BackendLoaded
>
> The similar issue also apply to our source directory tree, for example:
>
> 1. `gluten-ut` module has spark3x/src/test/backends-clickhouse and
> spark3x/src/test/backends-velox at the same time
> 2. `cpp` (velox cpp code dir) / `cpp-ch` are in root directory
> 3. Ecosystem supports, e.g., `gluten-uniffle` also has a `velox` subfolder
> 4. Documentations
>
> For a long time my opinion is we should finally get most of these
> contents moved to their own modules. For example, UT customizations
> can be placed in `backend-clickhouse` and `backend-velox`.
> Configurations can be placed in `VeloxConfig` / `CHConfig` or
> something, like I mentioned in another issue[1], etc.
>
> Having said that, I think there should be some contents that are
> unnecessary to move around so they could remain in common modules, for
> example, the backend GHA CI scripts and backend documentations. Others
> look to be reasonable to move but considerable efforts of refactors
> will be needed.
>
> In future ,I think I could continue taking the majority of this work
> but help will be needed when it comes to  the CH backend or to the
> ecosystem code (rss, data lake).
>
> Any thoughts will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Hongze
>
> [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-gluten/issues/6970

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