rdblue commented on code in PR #4945:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/4945#discussion_r895212851


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format/spec.md:
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@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ A snapshot consists of the following fields:
 | _optional_ |            | **`manifests`**          | A list of manifest file 
locations. Must be omitted if `manifest-list` is present |
 | _optional_ | _required_ | **`summary`**            | A string map that 
summarizes the snapshot changes, including `operation` (see below) |
 | _optional_ | _optional_ | **`schema-id`**          | ID of the table's 
current schema when the snapshot was created |
+|            | _optional_ | **`statistics`**         | A list of [statistics 
files' metadata](#statistics-file). The field should be retained by writers, 
unless writer updates the statistics, or knows they became obsolete. |

Review Comment:
   I looked at the other PR, but I don't follow the argument here that it would 
make more sense to pass stats in memory. Whether you base stats on the previous 
file or not doesn't matter to the commit phase. The process updating stats 
produces a file and then sets it as the current one on a snapshot.



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