hi Micah -- great news on the level generation PR. I'll try to carve
out some time for reviewing over the coming week.

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 3:10 AM Micah Kornfield <emkornfi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Igor,
> I was wondering if you have made any progress on this?
>
> I posted a new PR [1] which I believe handles the difficult algorithmic
> part of writing.  There will be some follow-ups but I think this PR might
> take a while to review, so I was thinking of starting to take a look at the
> read side if you haven't started yet, and circle back to the final
> integration for the write side once the PR is checked in.
>
> Thanks,
> Micah
>
> [1] https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/6490
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 4:08 PM Igor Calabria <igor.calab...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I would love to help with this issue. I'm aware that this is a huge
> > task for a first contribution to arrow, but I feel that I could help with
> > the read path.
> > Reading parquet seems like a extremely complex task since both hive[0] and
> > spark[1] tried to implement a "vectorized" version and they all stopped
> > short of supporting complex types.
> > I wanted to at least give it a try and find out where the challenge lies.
> >
> > Since you guys are much more familiar with the current code base, I could
> > use some starting tips so I don't fall in common pitfalls and whatnot.
> >
> > [0] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-18576
> > [1]
> >
> > https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/VectorizedParquetRecordReader.java#L45
> >
> > On 2020/02/03 06:01:25, Micah Kornfield <e...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Just to give an update.  I've been a little bit delayed, but my progress
> > is>
> > > as follows:>
> > > 1.  Had 1 PR merged that will exercise basic end-to-end tests.>
> > > 2.  Have another PR open that allows a configuration option in C++ to>
> > > determine which algorithm version to use for reading/writing, the
> > existing>
> > > version and the new version supported complex-nested arrays.  I think a>
> > > large amount of code will be reused/delegated to but I will err on the
> > side>
> > > of not touching the existing code/algorithms so that any errors in the>
> > > implementation  or performance regressions can hopefully be mitigated at>
> > > runtime.  I expect in later releases (once the code has "baked") will>
> > > become a no-op.>
> > > 3.  Started coding the write path.>
> > >
> > > Which leaves:>
> > > 1.  Finishing the write path (I estimate 2-3 weeks) to be code complete>
> > > 2.  Implementing the read path.>
> > >
> > > Again, I'm happy to collaborate if people have bandwidth and want to>
> > > contribute.>
> > >
> > > Thanks,>
> > > Micah>
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 10:31 PM Micah Kornfield <em...@gmail.com>>
> > > wrote:>
> > >
> > > > Hi Wes,>
> > > > I'm still interested in doing the work.  But don't to hold anybody up
> > if>
> > > > they have bandwidth.>
> > > >>
> > > > In order to actually make progress on this, my plan will be to:>
> > > > 1.  Help with the current Java review backlog through early next week
> > or>
> > > > so (this has been taking the majority of my time allocated for Arrow>
> > > > contributions for the last 6 months or so).>
> > > > 2.  Shift all my attention to trying to get this done (this means no>
> > > > reviews other then closing out existing ones that I've started until it
> > is>
> > > > done).  Hopefully, other Java committers can help shrink the backlog>
> > > > further (Jacques thanks for you recent efforts here).>
> > > >>
> > > > Thanks,>
> > > > Micah>
> > > >>
> > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 8:16 AM Wes McKinney <we...@gmail.com> wrote:>
> > > >>
> > > >> hi folks,>
> > > >>>
> > > >> I think we have reached a point where the incomplete C++ Parquet>
> > > >> nested data assembly/disassembly is harming the value of several>
> > > >> others parts of the project, for example the Datasets API. As another>
> > > >> example, it's possible to ingest nested data from JSON but not write>
> > > >> it to Parquet in general.>
> > > >>>
> > > >> Implementing the nested data read and write path completely is a>
> > > >> difficult project requiring at least several weeks of dedicated work,>
> > > >> so it's not so surprising that it hasn't been accomplished yet. I
> > know>
> > > >> that several people have expressed interest in working on it, but I>
> > > >> would like to see if anyone would be able to volunteer a commitment
> > of>
> > > >> time and guess on a rough timeline when this work could be done. It>
> > > >> seems to me if this slips beyond 2020 it will significant diminish
> > the>
> > > >> value being created by other parts of the project.>
> > > >>>
> > > >> Since I'm pretty familiar with all the Parquet code I'm one candidate>
> > > >> person to take on this project (and I can dedicate the time, but it>
> > > >> would come at the expense of other projects where I can also be>
> > > >> useful). But Micah and others expressed interest in working on it, so>
> > > >> I wanted to have a discussion about it to see what others think.>
> > > >>>
> > > >> Thanks>
> > > >> Wes>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > >
> >

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