[ARROW-715] Python: Explicit pandas import makes it a hard requirement

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.3.0
• Component/s: Python
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16334
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Uwe Korn
• Created: 27/Mar/17 06:29
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:10
• Resolved: 30/Mar/17 22:41

Description

See https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/python/pyarrow/compat.py#L24

Issue Links

• blocks: ARROW-670 Arrow 0.3 release