[ARROW-9265] [C++] Add support for writing MetadataVersion::V4-compatible IPC messages for compatibility with library versions <= 0.17.1

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/25361
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 29/Jun/20 14:14
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:05
• Resolved: 09/Jul/20 21:47

Description

While we need to increment the MetadataVersion, we should not strand old library versions since V4 is backward compatible with V5.

Issue Links

• is a child of: ARROW-9258 [Format] Add V5 MetadataVersion
• is required by: ARROW-9375 [FlightRPC][Integration] Add support for setting metadata version for integration tests
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #35
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #7664