[ARROW-285] Allow for custom flatc compiler

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.1.0
• Component/s: Java
• Assignee: Laurent Goujon
• Reporter: Laurent Goujon
• Created: 08/Sep/16 18:32
• Updated: 03/Jun/19 13:18
• Resolved: 08/Sep/16 18:35

Description

Arrow maven project needs a flatc compiler, which it download from maven central, but the compiler is not available for all platforms.

As a temporary fix, a user should be able to specifiy where flatc compiler is located and disable the automatic attempt at downloading flatc