yguy-ryft commented on code in PR #13432:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13432#discussion_r2259807451


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docs/docs/maintenance.md:
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@@ -63,20 +63,25 @@ Expiring old snapshots removes them from metadata, so they 
are no longer availab
 
 ### Remove old metadata files
 
-Iceberg keeps track of table metadata using JSON files. Each change to a table 
produces a new metadata file to provide atomicity.
+Iceberg keeps track of table metadata using JSON files. Each change to a table 
produces a new metadata file to provide atomicity. 
 
-Old metadata files are kept for history by default. Tables with frequent 
commits, like those written by streaming jobs, may need to regularly clean 
metadata files.
+Old metadata files are kept for history by default. Tables with frequent 
commits, like those written by streaming jobs, may need to regularly clean 
metadata files to reduce metadata overhead.

Review Comment:
   You're right. I was looking for a way to emphasize what's the purpose of 
cleaning metadata files, but I guess it's redundant. I removed this addition



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docs/docs/maintenance.md:
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@@ -63,20 +63,25 @@ Expiring old snapshots removes them from metadata, so they 
are no longer availab
 
 ### Remove old metadata files
 
-Iceberg keeps track of table metadata using JSON files. Each change to a table 
produces a new metadata file to provide atomicity.
+Iceberg keeps track of table metadata using JSON files. Each change to a table 
produces a new metadata file to provide atomicity. 
 
-Old metadata files are kept for history by default. Tables with frequent 
commits, like those written by streaming jobs, may need to regularly clean 
metadata files.
+Old metadata files are kept for history by default. Tables with frequent 
commits, like those written by streaming jobs, may need to regularly clean 
metadata files to reduce metadata overhead.

Review Comment:
   You're right. I was looking for a way to emphasize what's the purpose of 
cleaning metadata files, but I guess it's redundant. I removed this addition 👍 



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