Keith Kraus

Also, supporting this interface could be used to replace the existing `to_arrow` and `from_arrow` functions and remove the need to actually depend on the arrow library for supporting this functionality...

> I will work on a counter-proposal. Thank you! We'll more than happily review and iterate on it with you! 😃

> The `DeleterFn` can certainly go in a .cpp file along with the 2 function definitions. > No need for these to be declared and be defined in a header...

> Since `libcudf` is already linking to `libarrow.so` My understanding is that there is a desire for libcudf to no longer link against `libarrow.so`, where this proposal would enable a...

> Oops, this should be in `dask-cuda`, sorry! Trasferred it.

@lmeyerov does the same snippet exhibit different behavior with `LocalCluster` as opposed to `LocalCUDACluster`?

@lmeyerov have you tried creating the `LocalCUDACluster` how you normally would and then passing the client the address as opposed to the `cluster` object? I.E. something like: ```python import asyncio,...

@mrocklin ping

> i thought we were going to put this PR on the back burner while we sort out sorted joins in cuDF ? He asked for me to ping him...

This requires changes on the PyGDF side in making sure to allocate validity buffers for all columns so please coordinate before merging.