I agree with this as well.
Regards Antoine. On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 11:29:45 -0400 Andrew Lamb <al...@influxdata.com> wrote: > In the rust implementation we use the term "Arrow IPC" and I support your > option 1: > > > The name Feather V2 is deprecated. Only the extension ".arrow" will be > used for IPC files. > > Andrew > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 11:21 AM Matthew Topol <m...@voltrondata.com.invalid> > wrote: > > > When I wrote "In-Memory Analytics with Apache Arrow" I definitely > > treated "Feather" as deprecated and mentioned it only in passing > > specifically indicating "Arrow IPC" as the terminology to use. I only > > even mentioned "Feather" at all because there are still methods in > > pyarrow that reference it by name. > > > > That's just my opinion though... > > > > On Mon, Aug 29 2022 at 11:08:53 AM -0400, David Li > > <lidav...@apache.org> wrote: > > > This has come up before, e.g. see [1] [2] [3]. > > > > > > I would say "Feather" is effectively deprecated and we are using > > > "Arrow IPC" now but I am not sure what others think. (From that > > > GitHub link, it seems to be mixed.) And ".arrow" is the official > > > extension now (since it is registered as part of our MIME type). But > > > there's existing documentation and not everything has been updated to > > > be consistent (as you saw). > > > > > > [1]: > > > <https://lists.apache.org/thread/0s6lgvd3g56ymd60vl5lgzhf4ro6hts5> > > > [2]: > > > <https://arrow.apache.org/faq/#what-about-the-feather-file-format> > > > [3]: > > > < > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67910612/arrow-ipc-vs-feather/67911190#67911190 > > > > > > > > > > > -David > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2022, at 10:50, 島 達也 wrote: > > >> Hi all. > > >> > > >> I know the documentation (mainly pyarrow documentation) sometimes > > >> refers > > >> to IPC files as Feather files, but are there any guidelines for > > >> when to > > >> refer to an IPC file as a Feather file and when to refer to it as > > >> an IPC > > >> file? > > >> I believe that calling the same file an Arrow IPC file at times and > > >> a > > >> Feather file at other times is confusing to those unfamiliar with > > >> Apache > > >> Arrow (myself included). > > >> Surprisingly, these files may even have completely different > > >> extensions, > > >> ".arrow" and ".feather", which are not similar. > > >> > > >> Perhaps there are several options for future use of the name > > >> Feather, > > >> such as > > >> > > >> 1. The name Feather V2 is deprecated. Only the extension ".arrow" > > >> will > > >> be used for IPC files. > > >> 2. In some contexts(?), IPC files are referred to as Feather; only > > >> ".arrow" is used for the IPC file extension to clearly > > >> distinguish > > >> it from Feather V1's ".feather". > > >> 3. When an IPC file is called Feather by some rule, extension > > >> ".feather" is used, and when an IPC file is not called Feather, > > >> extension ".arrow" is used. > > >> > > >> I mistakenly thought the current status was 2, but according to the > > >> discussion in this PR > > >> (<https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/13677>), > > >> apparently the current status seems 3. (However, there seems to be > > >> no > > >> rule as to when an IPC file should be called a Feather) > > >> > > >> I am not very familiar with Arrow and this is my first post to this > > >> mailing list so I apologize if I have done something wrong or > > >> inappropriate. > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> SHIMA Tatsuya > > > > >
