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FSST follow-ups

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A-encoding enhancement
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Description

Some follow-up tasks from FSST.

  • Allow FSST / dictionary to be toggled off using field metadata (useful for benchmarking / testing)
  • Tune FSST minimum limit (does current 4MiB limit need to stay in place?)
  • Figure out FSST packaging (should it be released as independent crate? Can we restructure packaging to match other crates?)
  • Move symbol table from protobuf into separate buffer in page
  • Make sure FSST is not applied on big endian systems (or enhance code to support big endian)
  • #2606

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by selecting and scoping one unchecked FSST follow-up, then inspect the existing FSST implementation; done means the selected behavior is implemented, validated, and its checklist item can be closed.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
data-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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