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Antoine Pitrou 926885f1b1 GH-51100: [C++][Format] Deprecate IPC tensor/sparse tensor messages (#51102)
### Rationale for this change

Deprecate Tensor and SparseTensor messages in the IPC specification.

Deprecate C++ APIs for reading and writing Tensor and SparseTensor IPC messages.

Deprecating IPC support for Tensor and SparseTensor was decided in https://lists.apache.org/thread/w7nvhjyks3p3smw5kq4ylv0nkwxq2s2q

### Are these changes tested?

By existing CI tests.

### Are there any user-facing changes?

No.

* GitHub Issue: #51100

Authored-by: Antoine Pitrou <antoine@python.org>
Signed-off-by: Antoine Pitrou <antoine@python.org>
2026-09-10 10:26:59 +02:00
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