OK, but at least from my perspective, the point of OTF’s is to allow ongoing interoperability between query and update engines. A “standard” getting semi-month

OK, but at least from my perspective, the point of OTF’s is to allow ongoing interoperability between query and update engines. A “standard” getting semi-monthly updates via random Databricks-affiliated GitHub accounts doesn’t really fit that bill. Look at something like this: https://github.com/delta-io/delta/blob/master/PROTOCOL.md#writer-requirements-for-clustered-table https://github.com/delta-io/delta/blob/master/PROTOCOL.md#wr... Ouch.