+1 (binding) On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 11:01 AM PRATEEK GAUR <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 (non-binding). Thanks for pushing for this Alkis. > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 10:57 AM Daniel Weeks <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 (binding) > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 12:51 PM Burak Yavuz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > +1 (non-binding) > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 12:17 PM Micah Kornfield < > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > +1 binding. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 12:10 PM Antoine Pitrou <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > +1 (binding) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Le 24/08/2026 à 16:02, Alkis Evlogimenos via dev a écrit : > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to start a vote on adopting the format change in PR > > 603 > > > > [1]: > > > > > > remove self-references from the FILE logical type. This came out > of > > > the > > > > > > discussion on inheriting the inline codec [2]. > > > > > > > > > > > > FILE as merged lets a value set offset and size with no uri, > which > > > > > > addresses a byte range inside the containing file. This byte > range > > is > > > > > > effectively owned by the Parquet writer. Specifying that range > > > properly > > > > > > means giving it a compression block, an encryption module, an AAD > > > > > identity, > > > > > > and its own size accounting. That is a second page mechanism > > > reachable > > > > > only > > > > > > through FILE. The use case is mid sized values and it is better > > > served > > > > by > > > > > > non-contiguous pages, which we will propose separately. Removing > > > > > > self-references keeps FILE to the forms it specifies cleanly, > while > > > the > > > > > > format has not shipped in a release. > > > > > > > > > > > > The changes: > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Remove self-references. A value that sets offset and size with > > no > > > > uri > > > > > is > > > > > > invalid. offset may only be set together with uri. > > > > > > 2. Resolve uri uniformly as an external reference, including when > > it > > > > > names > > > > > > the file that contains it. Parquet applies no compression or > > > encryption > > > > > of > > > > > > its own to those bytes. The parquet writer does NOT own these > > bytes. > > > An > > > > > > earlier draft forbade referencing the current file, but neither a > > > > writer > > > > > > nor a reader can check that, so the encoding is uniform instead. > > > > > > 3. Drop the prohibition on modular encryption. It existed only > > > because > > > > > > self-referenced ranges were not encryption modules. The fields > of a > > > > FILE > > > > > > group are ordinary columns and are encoded, compressed, and > > encrypted > > > > > like > > > > > > any other column, inline included. > > > > > > 4. Allow inline together with the locator fields. Both must > denote > > > the > > > > > same > > > > > > bytes, so a reader may resolve from either and get the same > result, > > > and > > > > > > inline is the cheaper path because it needs no external access. > If > > > the > > > > > two > > > > > > disagree the value is invalid, and a reader is not required to > > detect > > > > it. > > > > > > This combination was underspecified before. > > > > > > > > > > > > The spec changes are in > > > > > https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/603 > > > > > > and touch LogicalTypes.md and a comment in parquet.thrift. > > > > Encryption.md > > > > > is > > > > > > unchanged from master and no Thrift structures change. Inline and > > > > > external > > > > > > references behave as before for existing readers and writers. > > > > > > > > > > > > Please vote in the next 72 hours. > > > > > > > > > > > > [ ] +1 Approve the proposed format change > > > > > > [ ] +0 No opinion > > > > > > [ ] -1 Do not approve (please provide specific reasons) > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/603 > > > > > > [2] > > https://lists.apache.org/thread/zrzc7t9fccg92rx3h4fw3ndw3bdo5xr7 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
