+1

On Sat, Apr 18, 2026 at 8:39 AM Péter Váry <[email protected]>
wrote:

> +1
>
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 03:28 Neelesh Salian <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> +1 (non-binding). Thanks Steven.
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 18:23 John Zhuge <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> +1 (non-binding)
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM Yufei Gu <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> +1 binding
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Steven for the change.  Hopefully there is no downstream clients
>>>> building logic based on the error message.
>>>>
>>>> Yufei
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM Kevin Liu <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> +1 binding
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Steven!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 11:54 AM Daniel Weeks <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I followed up with Steven offline and with the updates I'm changing
>>>>>> my vote to a +1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Steven!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 12:49 PM Daniel Weeks <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -1 (for now)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Steven, I'm not sure we've had enough discussion on this and what
>>>>>>> we're actually trying to solve for.  The PR looks like we're just 
>>>>>>> updating
>>>>>>> the description, but there's really no functional change here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There's actually a more significant discrepancy in that the
>>>>>>> create/rename/register view can only return a ViewAlreadyExistsError 
>>>>>>> even
>>>>>>> if it's a table and create/rename/register Table can only return a
>>>>>>> TableAlreadyExistsError even if it's a view.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think clarifying the description doesn't really address this issue
>>>>>>> and functionally we've strictly defined two specific return types that 
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> aligned with their specific load routes, but identifier uniqueness spans
>>>>>>> multiple.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also don't know what else may collide (functions, indexes, etc.).
>>>>>>> Some of this might be engine specific.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just don't feel like this is the right way to address it (though I
>>>>>>> could be convinced otherwise if there something specific we need to 
>>>>>>> solve
>>>>>>> in the near term).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Dan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 11:09 AM Steven Wu <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The REST spec currently defines six write operations that return a 409
>>>>>>>> Conflict when an identifier already exists. However, the
>>>>>>>> descriptions of what constitutes a conflict are inconsistent:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    - Enforcing cross-type uniqueness (table or view):
>>>>>>>>       - renameTable, renameView, registerView say: *"already
>>>>>>>>       exists as a table or view"*
>>>>>>>>    - Only enforcing within the same type (table or view only):
>>>>>>>>       - createTable, registerTable, createView say: *"table
>>>>>>>>       already exists"* / *"view already exists"*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'd like to propose a vote on a small clarification in the REST
>>>>>>>> spec to apply the same wording of "*The identifier already* *exists
>>>>>>>> as a table or view*" across all 6 endpoints.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15691/changes
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Steven
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> John Zhuge
>>>
>>

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