+1 (non binding) Thanks and excited for the File type Szehon
On Wed, Sep 9, 2026 at 11:53 AM Daniel Tenedorio <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 (non-binding) from me as well. This will make Spark a stronger engine > for processing large values, such as large images or video clips. Avoiding > materializing the values at shuffle boundaries or other points until we > actually need to consume the values can make pipelines stable and > performant. > > On 2026/09/08 22:14:35 Yicong Huang wrote: > > +1 (non-binding) > > > > I like the idea, especially for UDF to understand the FILE semantic. > > > > An extended idea is if it makes sense to even support a folder/directory > as a collection of FILEs. I see many use cases have a dataset (e.g., > images) in a folder, and if spark can understand that's a collection of > FILEs it would be great to handle their life cycles. > > > > Best, > > Yicong > > > > > > On 2026/09/08 22:03:52 Gengliang Wang wrote: > > > +1 > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM Hyukjin Kwon <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > On 2026/09/08 20:34:38 Xiao Li wrote: > > > > > +1 from me. This fills a real gap in Spark. Modeling files as > either > > > > binary > > > > > blobs or opaque paths is awkward, especially as unstructured data > > > > workloads > > > > > grow. > > > > > > > > > > A first-class FILE type, aligned with Parquet and with lazy content > > > > > loading, feels like the right abstraction. I support moving this > forward. > > > > > > > > > > Xiao > > > > > > > > > > Burak Yavuz <[email protected]> 于2026年9月8日周二 12:49写道： > > > > > > > > > > > I'll kick off the vote with a +1 (non-binding) > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Burak > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM Burak Yavuz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hi Spark devs, > > > > > >> > > > > > >> I would like to start a vote on introducing FileType for > handling > > > > > >> unstructured data. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> The SPIP document: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pPof896ZwcZ-2Yn-YhC4TbyYWn1umiQJykGDkAxzCWc/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.m1700lw4wsoj > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Discussion thread: > > > > > >> > https://lists.apache.org/thread/6f83qcpj1ox40jfxtottqlhjbhhxwmhf > > > > > >> > > > > > >> JIRA Ticket: > > > > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-59132 > > > > > >> > > > > > >> The vote will be open for at least 72 hours, and passes if a > majority > > > > +1 > > > > > >> PMC > > > > > >> votes are cast, with a minimum of 3 +1 votes. > > > > > >> Please vote: > > > > > >> [ ] +1: Accept the proposal as an official SPIP > > > > > >> [ ] +0 > > > > > >> [ ] -1: I don't think this is a good idea because ... > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Best regards, > > > > > >> Burak Yavuz > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe e-mail: [email protected] > >
