[ARROW-15906] [C++] S3Filesystem shouldn't create new buckets by default

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 9.0.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/31336

Language

C++

• Assignee: Will Jones
• Reporter: Will Jones
• Created: 10/Mar/22 15:54
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:40
• Resolved: 15/Jun/22 10:05

Description

S3 buckets typically have a lot of governance around them (permissions, cost-tracking tags), so they should not be created unless a user explicitly asks.

We should add an option to S3Options to control whether to create buckets, and default to False. 

Issue Links

• is related to: ARROW-15892 [C++] Dataset APIs require s3:ListBucket Permissions
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #13206