Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into EA-floating

pandas-dev · jreback · Sep 30, 2020 · May 15, 2020 · May 22, 2020 · May 22, 2020
commit ba1e62c7540fc6cf57ba82ef9567c59a45ec19f8
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.1.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.1.0.rst
@@ -314,6 +314,23 @@ Alternatively, you can also use the dtype object:
    behaviour or API may still change without warning. Expecially the behaviour
    regarding NaN (distinct from NA missing values) is subject to change.
 
+fsspec now used for filesystem handling
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+For reading and writing to filesystems other than local and reading from HTTP(S),
+the optional dependency ``fsspec`` will be used to dispatch operations (:issue:`33452`).
+This will give unchanged
+functionality for S3 and GCS storage, which were already supported, but also add
+support for several other storage implementations such as `Azure Datalake and Blob`_,
+SSH, FTP, dropbox and github. For docs and capabilities, see the `fsspec docs`_.
+
+The existing capability to interface with S3 and GCS will be unaffected by this
+change, as ``fsspec`` will still bring in the same packages as before.
+
+.. _Azure Datalake and Blob: https://github.com/dask/adlfs
+
+.. _fsspec docs: https://filesystem-spec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+
 .. _whatsnew_110.enhancements.other:
 
 Other enhancements