We can wait for others to chime in as well. :)

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 4:37 PM Shiyan Xu <xu.shiyan.raym...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes, Vinoth, you're right that it is more of an exporter, which exports a
> snapshot from Hudi dataset.
>
> It should support MOR too; it shall just leverage on existing
> SnapshotCopier logic to find the latest file slices.
>
> So is it good to create a RFC for further discussion?
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 4:31 PM Vinoth Chandar <vin...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > What you suggest sounds more like an `Exporter` tool?  I imagine you will
> > support MOR as well?  +1 on the idea itself. It could be useful if plain
> > parquet snapshot was generated as a backup.
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 4:21 PM Shiyan Xu <xu.shiyan.raym...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > The existing SnapshotCopier under Hudi Utilities is a Hudi-to-Hudi copy
> > and
> > > primarily for backup purpose.
> > >
> > > I would like to start a RFC for a more generic Hudi snapshotter, which
> > >
> > >    - Supports existing SnapshotCopier features
> > >    - Add option to export a Hudi dataset to plain parquet files
> > >       - output latest records via Spark dataframe writer
> > >       - remove Hudi metadata fields
> > >       - support custom repartition requirements
> > >
> > > Is this a good idea to start an RFC?
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Raymond Xu
> > >
> >
>

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