[ARROW-12203] [C++][Python] Switch default Parquet version to 2.4

• Type: Wish
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 9.0.0
• Component/s: C++, Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/28022
• Assignee: Raúl Cumplido
• Reporter: Antoine Pitrou
• Created: 05/Apr/21 10:27
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:25
• Resolved: 01/Jun/22 17:47

Description

Currently, Parquet write APIs default to maximum-compatibility Parquet version "1.0", which disables some logical types such as UINT32. We may want to switch the default to "2.0" instead, to allow faithful representation of more types.

Issue Links

• is blocked by: ARROW-13794 [C++] Deprecate Parquet pseudo-version "2.0"
• relates to: ARROW-12201 [C++] [Parquet] Writing uint32 does not preserve parquet's LogicalType
• supercedes: ARROW-13214 [C++] [Parquet] uint32 does not roundtrip?
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #13280