+1 (non-binding)

On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 1:49 PM huaxin gao <[email protected]> wrote:

> +1 (non-binding)
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 9:51 PM Daniel Weeks <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> +1 (binding)
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 8:48 AM Anurag Mantripragada <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> +1 (non-binding)
>>>
>>> ~ Anurag
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 8:08 AM Alex Stephen via dev <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> +1 (non-binding)
>>>>
>>>> Excited to see this move forward! Thanks for the hard work everyone!
>>>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 7:42 AM Anoop Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> +1 (non-binding)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2026, 7:33 AM Péter Váry <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> +1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steven Wu <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2026. okt. 13.,
>>>>>> K, 16:31):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +1 (binding)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 6:23 AM Alex Dutra <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> +1 (non-binding)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 2:13 PM 전대홍 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > +1 (non-binding)
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Happy to help bring the file type to iceberg-rust once this lands.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > 2026년 10월 13일 (화) 오후 9:09, Manu Zhang <[email protected]>님이
>>>>>>>> 작성:
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> +1 (non-binding)
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> Neelesh Salian <[email protected]>于2026年10月13日 周二18:30写道:
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> +1 (non-binding)
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 08:51 Talat Uyarer via dev <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> I'd like to start a vote on adding the file data type to the
>>>>>>>> v4 table spec, as proposed in this PR:
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17918
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> The spec change does the following:
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> New file type: a range of bytes stored either inline or as a
>>>>>>>> reference to an external file. Its value semantics follow the FILE 
>>>>>>>> logical
>>>>>>>> type in the Parquet spec.
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> Fixed, implicit sub-fields: uri, offset, size, content_type,
>>>>>>>> checksum and inline. They don't appear in the schema and can't be 
>>>>>>>> added,
>>>>>>>> removed, reordered or promoted. Their field IDs are offsets +1 to +6 
>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>> the file field's ID, so adding a file field moves last-column-id 
>>>>>>>> forward by
>>>>>>>> 7.
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> URIs: a uri can be absolute or relative. Relative URIs resolve
>>>>>>>> against the table location.
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> Stats: each sub-field gets its own field stats. Writers should
>>>>>>>> produce stats for uri, content_type and inline.
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> Restrictions:
>>>>>>>> >>>> - Equality, ordering and hashing aren't defined for file
>>>>>>>> values.
>>>>>>>> >>>> - A file column can't be an identifier field or a source for
>>>>>>>> partition or sort transforms.
>>>>>>>> >>>> - A file column must default to null.
>>>>>>>> >>>> - A file isn't interchangeable with a struct that has the same
>>>>>>>> sub-fields, and can't be promoted from one.
>>>>>>>> >>>> - A uri doesn't guarantee the referenced file exists.
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> Format mappings:
>>>>>>>> >>>> - Parquet: map with the FILE logical type.
>>>>>>>> >>>> - Avro: record.
>>>>>>>> >>>> - ORC: struct with iceberg.struct-type=FILE.
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> JSON schema serialization: "file".
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> FILE type is v4 only. Writing file into a v3 or earlier schema
>>>>>>>> is invalid.
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> Please vote in the next 72 hours.
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> [ ] +1 Add the File type to the v4 spec
>>>>>>>> >>>> [ ] +0
>>>>>>>> >>>> [ ] -1 I have concerns because...
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> >>>> Talat on behalf of FILE type working group
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>

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John Zhuge

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