+1 from me too to mark it as stable. De facto it is stable: there have been no modifications to https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/cpp/src/arrow/c/abi.h since the stream was added in 2020.
Neal On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 12:32 PM Dewey Dunnington <de...@voltrondata.com> wrote: > I'm fairly new to this but have worked on the DuckDB--R bindings > integration and used it in geospatial prototyping for a few things. I would > love to see the ArrowArrayStream declared as stable to promote its adoption > (or start the process of finalizing its definition if there is pending > feedback that hasn't yet been incorporated). > > On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 6:59 PM Will Jones <will.jones...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > The Arrow C Stream Interface is still listed as experimental [1], though > it > > was introduced about 20 months ago [2]. It's being used in the > > well-advertised integration between PyArrow/R arrow and DuckDB [3]. > Support > > was added to both Rust implementations [4][5]. It was discussed in > today's > > sync meeting that additional systems have been experimenting with it [6]. > > > > Should we stabilize the API now? Or are there any changes we need to > > contemplate based on the experience of our early adopters? > > > > [1] https://arrow.apache.org/docs/7.0/format/CStreamInterface.html > > [2] https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/8052 > > [3] https://arrow.apache.org/blog/2021/12/03/arrow-duckdb/ > > [4] https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/1384 > > [5] https://github.com/jorgecarleitao/arrow2/pull/857 > > [6] https://lists.apache.org/thread/x03nck8rpmyd8td6vpz1ctqgno1cbf10 > > >
