I'd lean toward using apache-orc, but as Dongjoon said it isn't worth doing
anything public until the code is committed and released. (If someone
outside the project preemptively claimed apache-orc, there must be a
process for getting control of trademarked names.

.. Owen

On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 11:09 PM Ian Joiner <iajoiner...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In preliminary exploration for adding Rust to the project I found that the
> crate names orc, orcrs and orc-rs have all been used. I wonder whether we
> should name our new Rust crate orc_rs or apache-orc, both of which are
> still unused. The former basically follows Avro convention while the latter
> makes it clear that we are Apache ORC as opposed to some other project with
> the same abbreviation or unofficial implementation of ORC in Rust (such as
> orcrs). If any of you can come up with names better than these two please
> let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Ian
>
> On Friday, May 20, 2022, Dongjoon Hyun <dongjoon.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, Ian.
> >
> > It was not a request or blame to that repo (and you) at all. There is no
> > time limit for someone's contributions.
> >
> > We are in Apache ORC dev mailing address which discusses Apache ORC
> related
> > stuff, especially, on
> >
> > - https://orc.apache.org (The Apache ORC website)
> > - https://github.com/apache/orc (Commits / GitHub Issues / PRs)
> > - https://issues.apache.org (Apache JIRA Issues)
> > - Some other ASF resources (other ASF projects repo and mailing lists)
> >
> > In general, we are supposed to focus on some stuff contributed to the ASF
> > channel already.
> > It's a little different from users who have more broader options to
> choose
> > what they use.
> >
> > Best,
> > Dongjoon.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 9:54 AM Ian Joiner <iajoiner...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Uh. I didn’t realize that. Give me 6 months and I can provide both the
> > > reader and the writer.
> > >
> > > Ian
> > >
> > > On Friday, May 20, 2022, Dongjoon Hyun <dongjoon.h...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > BTW, the license of that Rust ORC reader looks unusual to me.
> > > >
> > > > `ANTI-CAPITALIST SOFTWARE LICENSE (v 1.4)`
> > > >
> > > > I guess we need to skip that repository.
> > > >
> > > > Dongjoon
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 9:43 AM Dongjoon Hyun <
> dongjoon.h...@gmail.com
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thank you for sharing it, Ian.
> > > > >
> > > > > Dongjoon.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 9:27 AM Ian Joiner <iajoiner...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> There is already a Rust ORC reader:
> > > > >> https://rustrepo.com/repo/travisbrown-orcrs
> > > > >> We still need a writer though. If I have 6 months to do so I can
> > write
> > > > >> one.
> > > > >> Then I can also integrate it into Arrow Rust.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Ian
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Friday, May 20, 2022, Dongjoon Hyun <dongjoon.h...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > +1 for Owen's advice.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > BTW, Rust ORC reader & writer sounds like a great idea.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > Dongjoon.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:28 PM Owen O'Malley <
> > > > owen.omal...@gmail.com>
> > > > >> > wrote:
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > > This is interesting, but it sounds like it corresponds more to
> > the
> > > > rle
> > > > >> > > encoding that we do rather than the generic compression code.
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > Has anyone done a Java version of the library? It is faster to
> > > > >> iterate on
> > > > >> > > this kind of design in Java. On the other hand, I’ve heard
> that
> > > > >> someone
> > > > >> > is
> > > > >> > > thinking about doing a Rust ORC reader & writer, but it isn’t
> > done
> > > > >> yet.
> > > > >> > 😊
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > .. Owen
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > > On May 19, 2022, at 17:16, Dongjoon Hyun <
> > > dongjoon.h...@gmail.com
> > > > >
> > > > >> > > wrote:
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > > Thank you for sharing, Martin.
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > > For codec one, you can take advantage of our benchmark suite
> > > > >> > > > (NONE/ZLIB/SNAPPY/ZSTD) to show the benefits in ORC format.
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > https://github.com/apache/orc/blob/main/java/bench/core/src/
> > > > >> > java/org/apache/orc/bench/core/CompressionKind.java#L34-L37
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > > For the Spark connector one, I'd like to recommend you to
> send
> > > > >> > dev@spark
> > > > >> > > > too. You will get attention in both parts (codec and
> > connector).
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > > Then, I'm looking forward to seeing your benchmark result.
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > > Dongjoon.
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > >> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 4:12 PM Martin Loncaric <
> > > > >> > m.w.lonca...@gmail.com
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > >> wrote:
> > > > >> > > >>
> > > > >> > > >> I've developed a stable codec for numerical columns called
> > > > Quantile
> > > > >> > > >> Compression <https://github.com/mwlon/quantile-compression
> >.
> > > > >> > > >> It has about 30% higher compression ratio than even Zstd
> for
> > > > >> similar
> > > > >> > > >> compression and decompression time. It achieves this by
> > > tailoring
> > > > >> to
> > > > >> > the
> > > > >> > > >> data type (floats, ints, timestamps, bools).
> > > > >> > > >>
> > > > >> > > >> I'm using it in my own projects, and a few others have
> > adopted
> > > > it,
> > > > >> but
> > > > >> > > it
> > > > >> > > >> would also be perfect for ORC columns. Assuming a 50-50
> split
> > > > >> between
> > > > >> > > >> text-like and numerical data, it could reduce the average
> ORC
> > > > file
> > > > >> > size
> > > > >> > > by
> > > > >> > > >> over 10% with no extra compute cost. Incorporating it into
> > ORC
> > > > >> would
> > > > >> > be
> > > > >> > > >> quite powerful since the codec by itself only works on a
> > single
> > > > >> flat
> > > > >> > > column
> > > > >> > > >> of non-nullable numbers.
> > > > >> > > >>
> > > > >> > > >> Would the ORC community be interested in this? How can we
> > make
> > > > this
> > > > >> > > >> available to users? I've already built a Spark connector
> > > > >> > > >> <https://github.com/pancake-db/spark-pancake-connector>
> for
> > a
> > > > >> project
> > > > >> > > >> using
> > > > >> > > >> this codec and gotten fast query times.
> > > > >> > > >>
> > > > >> > > >> Thanks,
> > > > >> > > >> Martin
> > > > >> > > >>
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> >
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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