Based on what I understand, it seems there is no particular reason, and seems like a feature to be added on.
On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 8:06 PM Pucheng Yang <py...@pinterest.com> wrote: > Hi community, > > May I know why manifest rewrite will only touch files that have the latest > spec id? What will be the suggestion if we want to rewrite manifest files > that belong to non current spec id? > > Manifest selection logic: > https://github.com/apache/iceberg/blob/6a9d3c77977baff4295ee2dde0150d73c8c46af1/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteManifestsSparkAction.java#L295 > > Best, > Pucheng >
