Hey Iceberg Nation, Here are the meeting minutes from the October 2nd meeting.
Transcription/Recording https://youtu.be/4rQL8IMsajc ### 1.7 Release Planning 6:29 Target release date set for October 31st, 2023 7:20 Branch cut planned for mid-October 7:39 Some V3 spec features may be included (e.g. default values, type promotion) 9:02 Connect licensing PR expected to be included 15:47 Community members encouraged to review 1.7 milestone and add PRs ### C++ Puffin Reader/Writer 17:22 Proposal to create new Iceberg C++ library approved 16:49 Initially focused on Puffin implementation for Impala 17:22 Follows existing pattern of language-specific libraries 17:36 Community can propose additional functionality in the future ### Standardizing Credentials in REST API 22:00 Ongoing discussion about structure of credentials in API responses 23:00 Proposal to have well-defined credential structure for easier reasoning 24:27 Concerns raised about potential future changes to credential fields 24:41 Agreement to review refresh endpoint proposal before finalizing decision ### Materialized Views Specification 30:30 Challenges with catalog naming inconsistencies across query engines 34:49 Proposal to use UUIDs for table identification in metadata. How to map UUIDs back to catalog-specific identifiers. Consider SQL parsing as fallback solution to avoid immediate spec changes ### File 39:13 Use File IO or table operations mechanism to refresh expired credentials in File IO instances 40:00 Proposal for new File IO API to allow credential refreshing without rebuilding object 42:51 Planning underway for Iceberg Summit 2025
