apache / apache/paimon

[Feature] Use Parquet Merge in compaction for AppendOnlyTable

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Description

### Search before asking

- [x] I searched in the [issues](https://github.com/apache/paimon/issues) and found nothing similar.

### Motivation

See more in: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-382

This could save lots of resource usage for append only table's compaction.

### Solution

_No response_

### Anything else?

_No response_

### Are you willing to submit a PR?

- [x] I'm willing to submit a PR!

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Research direction

Start by reading the AppendOnlyTable compaction implementation and the linked PARQUET-382 discussion to understand the proposed Parquet Merge behavior. Done means compaction for append-only tables uses Parquet Merge and demonstrates reduced resource usage, but the issue does not name files or tests.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
data-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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