[ARROW-7886] [C++][Dataset] Consolidate Source and Dataset

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.16.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.17.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: dataset pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/24111
• Assignee: Ben Kietzman
• Reporter: Ben Kietzman
• Created: 19/Feb/20 15:51
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:56
• Resolved: 27/Feb/20 15:04

Description

Source and Dataset are very similar concepts (collections of multiple data fragments). Consolidating them would decrease doc burden without reducing our flexibility.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #6470