[ARROW-17072] [R] Rename *_feather functions

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Do
• Affects Version/s: 8.0.0
• Component/s: R
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/32379
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: SHIMA Tatsuya
• Created: 14/Jul/22 13:02
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:48
• Resolved: 15/Jul/22 21:50

Description

As noted in the following document, the recommended extension for IPC files is now `.arrow`.

> We recommend the “.arrow” extension for files created with this format.
https://arrow.apache.org/docs/format/Columnar.html#ipc-file-format

However, the R library cannot read IPC files without using the `read_feather` function after ARROW-16268.
I think users will be confused if you keep using this function name because the word `feather' is not associated with `.arrow` for beginners.

For example, could we deprecate function `read_feather` and recommend another function like `read_ipc_file`, which has the same functionality?

Note: This ticket was created as a result of a conversation with kou on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/ktou/status/1547373388687376386

Issue Links

• is related to: ARROW-8324 [R] Add read/write_ipc_file separate from _feather