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Add specs for changes surrounding "next" desired sharding key

Manoj M J requested to merge 442385-specs-for-next-desired-sharding-key into master

What does this MR do and why?

We are introducing a concept of "next" desired sharding key. It is like today's desired_sharding_key concept, but these are for tables that:

  • have a non-nullable parent association
  • but the parent association does not have a fully backfilled sharding_key yet. It only a desired_sharding_key set now, but it will be eventually backfilled, and when that is completed, these tables can inturn backfill from that parent association. See this for an understanding of how this will work.

We use awaiting_backfill_on_parent: true to distinguish between these type of desired sharding keys and normal desired sharding keys.

You can see the diff in the POC MR to see how these will be generated: !145135 (diffs)

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Related to #442385 (closed)

Edited by Manoj M J

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