aokolnychyi commented on code in PR #11240: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/11240#discussion_r1815647540
########## format/spec.md: ########## @@ -585,13 +591,19 @@ The schema of a manifest file is a struct called `manifest_entry` with the follo | _optional_ | _optional_ | _optional_ | **`132 split_offsets`** | `list<133: long>` | Split offsets for the data file. For example, all row group offsets in a Parquet file. Must be sorted ascending | | | _optional_ | _optional_ | **`135 equality_ids`** | `list<136: int>` | Field ids used to determine row equality in equality delete files. Required when `content=2` and should be null otherwise. Fields with ids listed in this column must be present in the delete file | | _optional_ | _optional_ | _optional_ | **`140 sort_order_id`** | `int` | ID representing sort order for this file [3]. | -| | | _optional_ | **`142 first_row_id`** | `long` | The `_row_id` for the first row in the data file. See [First Row ID Inheritance](#first-row-id-inheritance) | +| | | _optional_ | **`142 first_row_id`** | `long` | The `_row_id` for the first row in the data file. See [First Row ID Inheritance](#first-row-id-inheritance) | +| | _optional_ | _optional_ | **`143 referenced_data_file`** | `string` | Fully qualified location (URI with FS scheme) of a data file that all deletes reference [4] | Review Comment: Do we want to allow V2 writers and readers to populate the referenced data file? I generally don't mind but we will have to continue to persist the bounds anyway to not silently break existing integrations that rely on reconstructing the referenced path from the bounds. Writing the field in addition to the bounds will make things only worse and require additional work to implement. -- 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