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Add API to drop a specific snapshot by ID #9

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@manuzhang

ExpireSnapshots (src/iceberg/update/expire_snapshots.h) supports retention-driven expiration (oldest-than, max-count). It does not expose "drop exactly snapshot X" as a first-class op.

Use cases:

  • Compaction / streaming ingestion that wants to invalidate a specific bad snapshot
  • Recovery: after a failed write that produced a snapshot, drop it without waiting for retention
  • Mirror pipelines (Flink CDC, lakehouse mirror jobs) that produce one snapshot per cycle and need surgical removal

API sketch

Result<std::shared_ptr<DropSnapshot>> Table::NewDropSnapshot();
DropSnapshot& DropSnapshot::SnapshotId(int64_t id);
// Refuses if id is referenced by a branch tip or tag; --force flag to override.

Could be implemented as a thin wrapper over ExpireSnapshots with expireSnapshotId(id).

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