+1 (non binding) Very useful.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 11:11 AM Szehon Ho <[email protected]> wrote: > +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] >> >> -- John Zhuge
