rdblue commented on code in PR #15630: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15630#discussion_r3024958250
########## format/spec.md: ########## @@ -57,6 +57,21 @@ Version 3 of the Iceberg spec extends data types and existing metadata structure The full set of changes are listed in [Appendix E](#version-3). +### Version 4: Metadata Structure, Statistics Representation, Relative Paths, Expressions + +#### Relative Paths + +Version 4 of the Iceberg spec adds support for relative paths in metadata, enabling tables to be relocated without rewriting metadata files. Key changes include: Review Comment: I don't think that we need a flag. Metadata is much smaller than data (by orders of magnitude) and we can process all of it in cases where we need to. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
