[HIVE-26061] Do not add 'from deserializer' comment upon alter commands for Iceberg tables

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0-alpha-2
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Peter Vary
• Reporter: Peter Vary
• Created: 23/Mar/22 09:58
• Updated: 16/Nov/22 13:50
• Resolved: 28/Mar/22 07:55

Description

Currently an ALTER TABLE command for Iceberg tables adds the 'from deserializer' comment to all columns which do not already have a comment. This becomes annoying when issueing REPLACE COLUMNS operations, where you have to write out all these superflous comments.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3129