[Feature Request][Spark] Optimize Min/Max using Delta metadata

[felipepessoto]

Feature request

Which Delta project/connector is this regarding?

• Spark
• Standalone
• Flink
• Kernel
• Other (fill in here)

Overview

Follow up of #1192, which optimizes COUNT. Add support for MIN and MAX using statistics only.

Motivation

Collecting MIN/MAX can take dozens of minutes for huge tables. Reading the metadata would give this information in seconds.

Further details

PR: #1525

Willingness to contribute

The Delta Lake Community encourages new feature contributions. Would you or another member of your organization be willing to contribute an implementation of this feature?

• Yes. I can contribute this feature independently.
• Yes. I would be willing to contribute this feature with guidance from the Delta Lake community.
• No. I cannot contribute this feature at this time.

cc: @scottsand-db, @Tom-Newton, @keen85, @henlue, @moredatapls, @khwj