advancedxy commented on code in PR #10755:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/10755#discussion_r1697297712

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api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/RemoveUnusedSpecs.java:
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+package org.apache.iceberg;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * API for removing partition specs from the metadata which are not the 
default spec and no longer
+ * refer to any datafiles in the table.
+ *
+ * <p>{@link #apply()} returns the specs that will remain if committed on the 
current metadata
+ */
+public interface RemoveUnusedSpecs extends PendingUpdate<List<PartitionSpec>> 
{}

Review Comment:
   >
   ```java
   table.maintenance()
       .removeUnusedSpecs()
       .removeUnusedSchemas()
       .commit()
   ```
   
   This looks promising. But what if we need to further configure the 
maintenance operations, such as
   ```java
   table.maintenance().removeUnusedSpecs().retainLast(num).commit();
   // or something
   table.maintenance().removeUnusedSchemas().setMinSchemasToKeep(num).commit();
   ```
   
   Different maintenance operations may have different configure options. It 
would be better to use a dedicated operation for each purpose? Of course, It 
would be great that these maintenance APIs are grouped together. 
   
   >  Have you considered that? Since expiration already reads manifests that 
could be a good place to do this.
   
   This is attempting and to be honest I haven't thought about it. 
   
   Update: just did a quick look at the RemoveSnapshots' implementation, it 
might add too much complexity to put remove unused spec logic in there.



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