rdblue commented on issue #9433: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/9433#issuecomment-1906663747
I think cleaning up metadata files is a catalog concern, not something that should be exposed to users through a PURGE flag. A user is not prepared to make a good choice about whether they should use PURGE. The user would assume that the metadata is cleaned up automatically. And if the user doesn't know to use PURGE, someone needs to clean it up anyway. This is distinct from the table case, where a PURGE signals that the user needs to get rid of the data _now_ rather than potentially keeping it around (most likely because of PII or other compliance concerns). I don't think PURGE makes sense for views. -- 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: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@iceberg.apache.org
