[ARROW-9399] [C++] Add forward compatibility checks for unrecognized future MetadataVersion

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/25479
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 10/Jul/20 00:50
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:06
• Resolved: 14/Jul/20 23:40

Description

We should have no need of these checks in theory, but they present a safeguard should some years in the future it became necessary to increment the MetadataVersion.

Issue Links

• is cloned by: ARROW-9545 [Java] Add forward compatibility checks for unrecognized future MetadataVersion
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #39
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #7765