[ARROW-18148] [R] Rename read_ipc_file to read_arrow_file & highlight arrow over feather

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Documentation, R
• Labels: feather
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/20472

Language

R

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Stephanie Hazlitt
• Created: 25/Oct/22 00:33
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:58

Description

Following up from this mailing list conversation, I am wondering if the R package should rename `read_ipc_file()` / write_ipc_file()` to `read_arrow_file()`/ `write_arrow_file()`, or add an additional alias for both. It might also be helpful to update the documentation so that users read "Write an Arrow file (formerly known as a Feather file)" rather than the current Feather-named first approach, assuming there is a community decision to coalesce around the name Arrow for the file format, and the project is moving on from the name Feather.