For what it is worth, I personally would likely spend much less time maintaining arrow-rs if datafusion switched to arrow2. That discussion is happening independently here [1].
[1] https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/issues/1532 On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 11:17 PM Micah Kornfield <emkornfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree, Jorge's point of view (and anyone else who has contributed to > arrow2) is important here. > > One thing that isn't exactly clear to me from the linked issue is how much > interest there is in the community for maintaining arrow-rs? How much is a > donation of arrow2 a factor here? > > Also, the last time we discussed this on the mailing list I think things > got contentious. Just a reminder please communicate with care. [1] has > some good advice on this. > > Thanks, > Micah > > [1] https://community.apache.org/contributors/etiquette > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 6:51 PM QP Hou <houqp....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Wes, > > > > I believe what you mentioned is the plan, i.e. move arrow2 to ASF in > > the long run when it stabalize on its design/API and could benefit > > from a more rigorous release process. From what I have seen, the > > project is still undergoing major API changes on a monthly basis, so > > quick releases and fast user feedback is quite valuable. But let's > > hear Jorge's point of view on this first. > > > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 2:42 PM Wes McKinney <wesmck...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > Is there a possibility of donating arrow2 to the Arrow project (at > > > some point)? The main impact to development would be holding votes on > > > releases, but this is probably a good thing long term from a > > > governance standpoint. The answer may be "not right now" and that's > > > fine. Having many of the same people split across projects with > > > different governance structures is less than ideal. > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 1:15 PM Andrew Lamb <al...@influxdata.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I wanted to draw your attention to two issues of significance to the > > Rust > > > > Arrow implementations > > > > > > > > Discussion for switching DataFusion to use arrow2: > > > > https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/issues/1532 > > > > > > > > Discussion for what to do with arrow if DataFusion switches to use > > arrow2: > > > > https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/1176 > > > > > > > > The second is likely the most pertinent to people on this mailing > > list, but > > > > the first is the reason why the second has become important. > > > > > > > > Andrew > > >
