+1 On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM Péter Váry <peter.vary.apa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Position Deletes With Row (PDWR) feature, originally introduced in the > Iceberg V2 specification, has been deprecated in V3. > > Following the discussion in the previous thread [1], we propose > deprecating PDWR in the Java implementation starting with the Iceberg > 1.11.0 release. We plan to remove PDWR support entirely from the Java > implementation beginning with Iceberg 1.12.0. > > While PDWR will remain part of the V2 spec, the Java implementation will > no longer write PDWR delete files. It will only support reading the > position and file name columns from previously created delete files or > those generated by other engines. > > For reference, the proposed changes are available here [2]. > > Please cast your vote. > > Thanks, > Peter > > [1] - https://lists.apache.org/thread/8jw6pb2vq3ghmdqf1yvy8n5n6gg1fq5s > [2] - https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14045 >
