+1 for 1. Thanks, -- kou
In <CAOYPqDCAib2wBKaKnRij9=__OsUJJghVq1UUTNibK2T0Np+=r...@mail.gmail.com> "Re: Usage of the name Feather?" on Mon, 29 Aug 2022 20:18:37 +0200, Jorge Cardoso Leitão <jorgecarlei...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree. > > I suspect that the most widely used API with "feather" is Pandas' > read_feather. > > > > On Mon, 29 Aug 2022, 19:55 Weston Pace, <weston.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I agree as well. I think most lingering uses of the term "feather" >> are in pyarrow and R however, so it might be good to hear from some of >> those maintainers. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 9:35 AM Antoine Pitrou <anto...@python.org> wrote: >> > >> > >> > 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 >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >>
