[ARROW-431] [Python] Review GIL release and acquisition in to_pandas conversion

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.3.0
• Component/s: C++
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16078
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 20/Dec/16 00:08
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:08
• Resolved: 27/Apr/17 22:13

Description

There are some places where we should be acquiring the GIL, and we may not be consistently releasing the GIL.

Issue Links

• blocks: ARROW-670 Arrow 0.3 release
• relates to: ARROW-420 Align Date implementation between Java and C++