@Deprecated
  @Override
  public Partition add_partition(final Partition part)
      throws InvalidObjectException, AlreadyExistsException, MetaException {
    return add_partition_with_environment_context(part, null);
  }
Verify if update stats while altering partition(s)
For the following three cases HMS will not update partition stats
1) Table property 'DO_NOT_UPDATE_STATS' = True
2) HMS configuration property 'STATS_AUTO_GATHER' = False
3) Is View
standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HMSHandler.java