[ARROW-779] [C++/Python] Raise exception if old metadata encountered

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.3.0
• Component/s: C++, Python
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16392
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 06/Apr/17 21:36
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:10
• Resolved: 10/Apr/17 21:35

Description

For the moment, we intend for Arrow users to develop head-to-head, i.e. old metadata will not be supported. This will help prevent issues caused by upgrading one component (e.g. pyarrow) but not another (e.g. the Java JARs)

Issue Links

• blocks: ARROW-670 Arrow 0.3 release