[ARROW-6858] [C++] Simplify transitive component dependencies

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 10.0.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/23187
• Assignee: Kouhei Sutou
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 11/Oct/19 15:00
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:49
• Resolved: 27/Sep/22 05:37

Description

In the C++ build system, we are handling relationships between optional components in an ad hoc fashion

https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/d5ba83eebfaf0652ff5f96f943a3d99d5de96dd2/cpp/CMakeLists.txt#L266

This doesn't seem ideal.

As discussed on the mailing list, I suggest declaring dependencies in a Python data structure and then generating and checking in a .cmake file that can be {{include}}d. This will be a big easier than maintaining this on an ad hoc basis.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #14224