+1, it's an exciting step for Iceberg, look forward to all the new statistics and secondary indices it will allow.
Had a few questions of what the reference to Puffin file(s) will be in the Iceberg spec, but it's orthogonal to Puffin file format itself. Thanks, Szehon On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 3:32 PM Ryan Blue <b...@tabular.io> wrote: > +1 from me! > > There may also be people that haven't followed the design discussions and > we can start a DISCUSS thread if needed. But if everyone is comfortable > with the design and implementation, I think it's ready for a vote as well. > > Huge thanks to Piotr for getting this ready! I think the format is going > to be really useful for both stats and indexes in Iceberg. > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 3:35 AM Piotr Findeisen <pi...@starburstdata.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I propose that we adopt Puffin file format as a file format for >> statistics and indexes in Iceberg tables. >> >> Puffin file format specification: >> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/blob/master/format/puffin-spec.md >> (previous discussions: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/4944, >> https://github.com/apache/iceberg-docs/pull/69) >> >> Intend use: >> * statistics in Iceberg tables (see >> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/4945 and associated proposed >> implementation https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/4741) >> * in the future: storage for secondary indexes >> >> Puffin file reader and writer implementation: >> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/4537 >> >> Thanks, >> PF >> >> > > -- > Ryan Blue > Tabular >
