Hello, We're considering working on an integration of Apache Iceberg with Hive, initially so that the latest snapshot of Iceberg tables can be queried via Hive, but later to allow the writing of data using the Iceberg table format.
I wanted to first check for the existence and status of any similar efforts so that we do not find ourselves duplicating work unnecessarily. I've checked both the Iceberg and Hive projects and can find no issues that suggest that such an integration is underway or planned (only HIVE-19457 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-19457> which was raised by myself and remains open). If one or more efforts is underway we'd certainly be open to contributing. If not, we'd be keen to capture any thoughts from the community on preferred or recommended technical approaches. I see that some work occurred on MR In/Out formats <https://github.com/guilload/incubator-iceberg/pull/1> which might serve as a foundation, so we'll certainly be investigating those further. Thanks, Elliot.
