BryanCutler commented on a change in pull request #8374:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/8374#discussion_r506618937
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File path: docs/source/developers/contributing.rst
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@@ -304,3 +304,45 @@ to your branch, which they sometimes do to help move a
pull request along.
In addition, the GitHub PR "suggestion" feature can also add commits to
your branch, so it is possible that your local copy of your branch is missing
some additions.
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+Guidance for specific features
+==============================
+
+From time to time the community has discussions on specific types of features
+and improvements that they expect to support. This section outlines decisions
+that have been made in this regard.
+
+Endianess
++++++++++
+The Arrow format allows setting endianness. Due to the popularity of little
endian
+architectures most of implementation assume little endian by default. There
has been some
+effort to support big endian platforms as well. Based on a mailing list
discussion,
Review comment:
Would it be good to link some JIRAs either here or below?
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