+1 (binding) In <[email protected]> "[VOTE] Informal deprecation of Tensor and SparseTensor in IPC" on Tue, 1 Sep 2026 16:30:36 +0200, Antoine Pitrou <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello, > > This is a vote about the informal deprecation of Tensor and > SparseTensor messages in the IPC protocol. This was previously > discussed in > https://lists.apache.org/thread/z2kl4g1353mbtgpt3qo7j3bzohq0q7fv > > Here is the proposal: > > 1) informally deprecate Tensor and SparseTensor-related IPC messages > in the IPC protocol description and the IPC Flatbuffers definitions > > (the Flatbuffers deprecation mechanism is *not* used for now because > it would break existing usage: > https://flatbuffers.dev/evolution/#removal) > > 2) encourage Arrow implementations to deprecate (and possibly remove) > APIs for reading and writing Tensor / SparseTensor metadata and data > using the IPC protocol. > > > The vote will be open for at least 72 hours. > > [ ] +1 to the proposal > [ ] +0 > [ ] -1 to the proposal because ... > > Regards > > Antoine. > >
