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[EPIC] A collection of tickets for improved WASM support in DataFusion

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Description

### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?

DataFusion can be compiled today to WASM with some care. However it is somewhat tricky and the experience could be improved.

### Describe the solution you'd like

This ticket tracks various ways we could make the experience better

### Describe alternatives you've considered

- [ ] https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/13715
- [x] https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/7652
- [ ] https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/9326
- [x] https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/13818
- [ ] https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/15599#issuecomment-2781114293
- [x] https://github.com/apache/datafusion/discussions/9834
- [x] https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/13513
- [ ] Expose more public interfaces in the Rust version to WASM bindings
- [ ] Steady release/upgrade SoP for WASM bindings (I find the python bindings can be a good example)

### Additional context

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Research direction

Treat this as an umbrella issue: review the linked tickets and discussions, especially the unchecked items, to understand the separate WASM-support work. There is no single file, test, or completion condition named; done means the tracked improvements are completed or the remaining scope is explicitly resolved.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust, wasm
Domain
backend, build-system
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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