[WIP][SPARK-42291] Enable dropping of columns for non V2 tables #39861
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Add support to drop columns in non V2 tables.
Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?
No
How was this patch tested?
Built the jars in 3.2.0 and dropped columns using alter table:
Tested on Spark 3.2.0 with an external hive metastore; the underlying data is in parquet format in cloud storage. Also affects the latest version.