lance-format / lance-format/lance
Stable ABI for index extension points
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Description
This expands on https://github.com/lance-format/lance/issues/7104 and provides stable ABIs for index extension points. This is needed if we want to allow easy registration of index plugins. For example, in the ideal case we can do something like pip install lance-my-special-index and we will magically have support for the new index type.
If there is another solution which can solve this problem without requiring a stable ABI then that is fine too but I'm not aware of any.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading issue #7104 and trace the existing index extension points and plugin-registration entry points in the repository. Define and document a stable ABI, or an alternative mechanism that avoids one, with a demonstrable path for installing and registering an index plugin such as lance-my-special-index.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, rust
- Domain
- backend-api-design, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100