introduce re_chunk and shuffling routines

ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -167,12 +167,13 @@ Update instructions:
 
 ### Low-level store
 
-| Crate           | Description                                                                 |
-|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| re_data_store   | An in-memory time series database for Rerun log data, based on Apache Arrow |
-| re_log_types    | The basic building blocks of the Rerun data types and tables.               |
-| re_types_core   | The core traits and types that power Rerun's data model.                    |
-| re_format_arrow | Formatting of Apache Arrow tables                                           |
+| Crate           | Description                                                                                   |
+|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| re_chunk        | A chunk of Rerun data, encoded using Arrow. Used for logging, transport, storage and compute. |
+| re_data_store   | An in-memory time series database for Rerun log data, based on Apache Arrow.                  |
+| re_log_types    | The basic building blocks of the Rerun data types and tables.                                 |
+| re_types_core   | The core traits and types that power Rerun's data model.                                      |
+| re_format_arrow | Formatting of Apache Arrow tables.                                                            |
 
 
 ### Data flow

Cargo.lock

@@ -4212,6 +4212,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "re_chunk"
+version = "0.17.0-alpha.2"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+ "anyhow",
+ "backtrace",
+ "criterion",
+ "crossbeam",
+ "document-features",
+ "itertools 0.12.0",
+ "mimalloc",
+ "nohash-hasher",
+ "rand",
+ "re_arrow2",
+ "re_build_info",
+ "re_format",
+ "re_format_arrow",
+ "re_log",
+ "re_log_types",
+ "re_string_interner",
+ "re_tracing",
+ "re_tuid",
+ "re_types_core",
+ "similar-asserts",
+ "smallvec",
+ "static_assertions",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "re_context_menu"
 version = "0.17.0-alpha.2"

Cargo.toml

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ re_analytics = { path = "crates/re_analytics", version = "=0.17.0-alpha.2", defa
 re_blueprint_tree = { path = "crates/re_blueprint_tree", version = "=0.17.0-alpha.2", default-features = false }
 re_build_info = { path = "crates/re_build_info", version = "=0.17.0-alpha.2", default-features = false }
 re_build_tools = { path = "crates/re_build_tools", version = "=0.17.0-alpha.2", default-features = false }
+re_chunk = { path = "crates/re_chunk", version = "=0.17.0-alpha.2", default-features = false }
 re_crash_handler = { path = "crates/re_crash_handler", version = "=0.17.0-alpha.2", default-features = false }
 re_context_menu = { path = "crates/re_context_menu", version = "=0.17.0-alpha.2", default-features = false }
 re_data_loader = { path = "crates/re_data_loader", version = "=0.17.0-alpha.2", default-features = false }

crates/re_chunk/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+[package]
+name = "re_chunk"
+authors.workspace = true
+description = "A chunk of Rerun data, encoded using Arrow. Used for logging, transport, storage and compute."
+edition.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+include.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+publish = true
+readme = "README.md"
+repository.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+version.workspace = true
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+all-features = true
+
+
+[features]
+default = []
+
+
+[dependencies]
+
+# Rerun
+re_build_info.workspace = true
+re_format.workspace = true
+re_format_arrow.workspace = true
+re_log.workspace = true
+re_log_types.workspace = true
+re_string_interner.workspace = true
+re_tracing.workspace = true
+re_tuid.workspace = true
+re_types_core.workspace = true
+
+# External
+ahash.workspace = true
+anyhow.workspace = true
+arrow2 = { workspace = true, features = [
+  "io_ipc",
+  "io_print",
+  "compute_comparison",
+  "compute_concatenate",
+] }
+backtrace.workspace = true
+document-features.workspace = true
+itertools.workspace = true
+nohash-hasher.workspace = true
+rand = { workspace = true, features = ["std_rng"] }
+similar-asserts.workspace = true
+smallvec.workspace = true
+static_assertions.workspace = true
+thiserror.workspace = true
+
+# Native dependencies:
+[target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
+crossbeam.workspace = true
+
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+criterion.workspace = true
+mimalloc.workspace = true
+similar-asserts.workspace = true

crates/re_chunk/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# re_chunk
+
+Part of the [`rerun`](https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun) family of crates.
+
+[![Latest version](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/re_chunk.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/re_chunk?speculative-link)
+[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/re_chunk/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/re_chunk?speculative-link)
+![MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)
+![Apache](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache-blue.svg)
+
+A chunk of Rerun data, encoded using Arrow. Used for logging, transport, storage and compute.