Issue: Use `HF_HUB_OFFLINE` instead of `HF_DATASETS_OFFLINE`
State: closed
Author: Wauplin

To use `datasets` offline, one can use the `HF_DATASETS_OFFLINE` environment variable. This PR makes `HF_HUB_OFFLINE` the recommended environment variable for offline training. Goal is to be more consistent with the rest of HF ecosystem and have a single config value to set.

The changes are backward-compatible meaning that:
- `HF_DATASETS_OFFLINE` environment is still taken into account, though not documented
- `datasets.config.HF_DATASETS_OFFLINE` still exists, though it is not used anymore (in favor of `datasets.config.HF_HUB_OFFLINE`)


**Note:** it might break things in downstream libraries if they were monkeypatching `datasets.config.HF_DATASETS_OFFLINE` in their CI tests (for instance). Not much of a problem IMO.

Comments:
The docs for this PR live [here](https://moon-ci-docs.huggingface.co/docs/datasets/pr_6968). All of your documentation changes will be reflected on that endpoint. The docs are available until 30 days after the last update.

Oops, sorry for the style issue. Fixed in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/6968/commits/a4e2b28fa647b28190ae2615d7271e6ac63c8499.

Regarding docs, I can't find mentions of `HF_DATASETS_OFFLINE` anywhere else in `datasets`/`hub-docs`. Once this is merged and released, I'm planning to update some `transformers` docs that briefly mention it.

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### Benchmark: benchmark_array_xd.json

| metric | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_batch_unformated after write_array2d | read_batch_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_batch_unformated after write_nested_sequence | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_col_unformated after write_array2d | read_col_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_col_unformated after write_nested_sequence | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_unformated after write_array2d | read_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_unformated after write_nested_sequence | write_array2d | write_flattened_sequence | write_nested_sequence |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.005173 / 0.011353 (-0.006180) | 0.003485 / 0.011008 (-0.007524) | 0.063867 / 0.038508 (0.025359) | 0.031338 / 0.023109 (0.008229) | 0.242093 / 0.275898 (-0.033805) | 0.266606 / 0.323480 (-0.056874) | 0.003069 / 0.007986 (-0.004916) | 0.003307 / 0.004328 (-0.001022) | 0.051059 / 0.004250 (0.046808) | 0.044396 / 0.037052 (0.007344) | 0.254896 / 0.258489 (-0.003593) | 0.282835 / 0.293841 (-0.011006) | 0.027548 / 0.128546 (-0.100998) | 0.010520 / 0.075646 (-0.065126) | 0.201701 / 0.419271 (-0.217570) | 0.035613 / 0.043533 (-0.007920) | 0.240955 / 0.255139 (-0.014184) | 0.271902 / 0.283200 (-0.011298) | 0.019826 / 0.141683 (-0.121857) | 1.116994 / 1.452155 (-0.335161) | 1.162886 / 1.492716 (-0.329831) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_getitem\_100B.json

| metric | get_batch_of\_1024\_random_rows | get_batch_of\_1024\_rows | get_first_row | get_last_row |
|--------|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.093683 / 0.018006 (0.075677) | 0.297970 / 0.000490 (0.297480) | 0.000211 / 0.000200 (0.000011) | 0.000043 / 0.000054 (-0.000011) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_indices_mapping.json

| metric | select | shard | shuffle | sort | train_test_split |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.018952 / 0.037411 (-0.018459) | 0.062710 / 0.014526 (0.048184) | 0.073641 / 0.176557 (-0.102916) | 0.121200 / 0.737135 (-0.615935) | 0.075723 / 0.296338 (-0.220616) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_iterating.json

| metric | read 5000 | read 50000 | read_batch 50000 10 | read_batch 50000 100 | read_batch 50000 1000 | read_formatted numpy 5000 | read_formatted pandas 5000 | read_formatted tensorflow 5000 | read_formatted torch 5000 | read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 10 | read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 1000 | shuffled read 5000 | shuffled read 50000 | shuffled read_batch 50000 10 | shuffled read_batch 50000 100 | shuffled read_batch 50000 1000 | shuffled read_formatted numpy 5000 | shuffled read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 10 | shuffled read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 1000 |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.286056 / 0.215209 (0.070847) | 2.811424 / 2.077655 (0.733770) | 1.448045 / 1.504120 (-0.056075) | 1.338309 / 1.541195 (-0.202885) | 1.328371 / 1.468490 (-0.140119) | 0.557282 / 4.584777 (-4.027495) | 2.362235 / 3.745712 (-1.383477) | 2.732108 / 5.269862 (-2.537754) | 1.730911 / 4.565676 (-2.834765) | 0.061689 / 0.424275 (-0.362586) | 0.004947 / 0.007607 (-0.002660) | 0.346700 / 0.226044 (0.120656) | 3.355989 / 2.268929 (1.087060) | 1.828078 / 55.444624 (-53.616546) | 1.511531 / 6.876477 (-5.364946) | 1.535897 / 2.142072 (-0.606175) | 0.630276 / 4.805227 (-4.174951) | 0.115808 / 6.500664 (-6.384857) | 0.042199 / 0.075469 (-0.033270) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_map_filter.json

| metric | filter | map fast-tokenizer batched | map identity | map identity batched | map no-op batched | map no-op batched numpy | map no-op batched pandas | map no-op batched pytorch | map no-op batched tensorflow |
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| new / old (diff) | 0.969203 / 1.841788 (-0.872584) | 11.282997 / 8.074308 (3.208689) | 9.538914 / 10.191392 (-0.652478) | 0.140072 / 0.680424 (-0.540352) | 0.014021 / 0.534201 (-0.520180) | 0.283784 / 0.579283 (-0.295499) | 0.255973 / 0.434364 (-0.178391) | 0.320284 / 0.540337 (-0.220053) | 0.412689 / 1.386936 (-0.974247) |

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### Benchmark: benchmark_array_xd.json

| metric | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_batch_unformated after write_array2d | read_batch_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_batch_unformated after write_nested_sequence | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_col_unformated after write_array2d | read_col_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_col_unformated after write_nested_sequence | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_unformated after write_array2d | read_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_unformated after write_nested_sequence | write_array2d | write_flattened_sequence | write_nested_sequence |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.005201 / 0.011353 (-0.006152) | 0.003312 / 0.011008 (-0.007697) | 0.050044 / 0.038508 (0.011536) | 0.033610 / 0.023109 (0.010501) | 0.266429 / 0.275898 (-0.009469) | 0.287782 / 0.323480 (-0.035698) | 0.004316 / 0.007986 (-0.003670) | 0.002696 / 0.004328 (-0.001633) | 0.049667 / 0.004250 (0.045417) | 0.040244 / 0.037052 (0.003192) | 0.278870 / 0.258489 (0.020381) | 0.311415 / 0.293841 (0.017574) | 0.029150 / 0.128546 (-0.099396) | 0.010046 / 0.075646 (-0.065600) | 0.058527 / 0.419271 (-0.360744) | 0.032871 / 0.043533 (-0.010662) | 0.266582 / 0.255139 (0.011443) | 0.286157 / 0.283200 (0.002957) | 0.017197 / 0.141683 (-0.124486) | 1.120944 / 1.452155 (-0.331211) | 1.161111 / 1.492716 (-0.331606) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_getitem\_100B.json

| metric | get_batch_of\_1024\_random_rows | get_batch_of\_1024\_rows | get_first_row | get_last_row |
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| new / old (diff) | 0.092679 / 0.018006 (0.074672) | 0.299195 / 0.000490 (0.298705) | 0.000204 / 0.000200 (0.000004) | 0.000048 / 0.000054 (-0.000007) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_indices_mapping.json

| metric | select | shard | shuffle | sort | train_test_split |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.022212 / 0.037411 (-0.015199) | 0.076734 / 0.014526 (0.062208) | 0.088326 / 0.176557 (-0.088230) | 0.128209 / 0.737135 (-0.608926) | 0.088807 / 0.296338 (-0.207531) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_iterating.json

| metric | read 5000 | read 50000 | read_batch 50000 10 | read_batch 50000 100 | read_batch 50000 1000 | read_formatted numpy 5000 | read_formatted pandas 5000 | read_formatted tensorflow 5000 | read_formatted torch 5000 | read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 10 | read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 1000 | shuffled read 5000 | shuffled read 50000 | shuffled read_batch 50000 10 | shuffled read_batch 50000 100 | shuffled read_batch 50000 1000 | shuffled read_formatted numpy 5000 | shuffled read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 10 | shuffled read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 1000 |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.291782 / 0.215209 (0.076573) | 2.882990 / 2.077655 (0.805335) | 1.601638 / 1.504120 (0.097518) | 1.457560 / 1.541195 (-0.083635) | 1.470517 / 1.468490 (0.002027) | 0.565738 / 4.584777 (-4.019039) | 0.949235 / 3.745712 (-2.796478) | 2.661927 / 5.269862 (-2.607934) | 1.722178 / 4.565676 (-2.843498) | 0.063680 / 0.424275 (-0.360595) | 0.005339 / 0.007607 (-0.002268) | 0.344280 / 0.226044 (0.118235) | 3.432998 / 2.268929 (1.164070) | 1.985516 / 55.444624 (-53.459108) | 1.651826 / 6.876477 (-5.224651) | 1.764541 / 2.142072 (-0.377531) | 0.640219 / 4.805227 (-4.165008) | 0.116541 / 6.500664 (-6.384124) | 0.041237 / 0.075469 (-0.034232) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_map_filter.json

| metric | filter | map fast-tokenizer batched | map identity | map identity batched | map no-op batched | map no-op batched numpy | map no-op batched pandas | map no-op batched pytorch | map no-op batched tensorflow |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 1.013927 / 1.841788 (-0.827861) | 11.876661 / 8.074308 (3.802353) | 10.264144 / 10.191392 (0.072752) | 0.131151 / 0.680424 (-0.549273) | 0.015774 / 0.534201 (-0.518427) | 0.284948 / 0.579283 (-0.294335) | 0.125924 / 0.434364 (-0.308439) | 0.319845 / 0.540337 (-0.220493) | 0.431978 / 1.386936 (-0.954958) |

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