saulpw commented on PR #13442: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/13442#issuecomment-1171546626
> If you want to publish a wrapper library to change a single setting Arrow has many dozens or hundreds of frictions like this, and this PR was partly to see how easy it would be to improve things at the source. I don't have the energy to fight for every 1% UX gain, because you're right, it's not worth it, users can "just" do the work to read the error message and try out different values and get past the friction themselves. But I have a different vision, in which Arrow is more pleasant and convenient to use, and that requires systematically addressing frictions that real users experience. So in the interest of heading towards that vision with the resources I have and not creating unnecessary friction for Arrow maintainers, it's probably best for me to do this work on top of Arrow rather than within it. In the parlance of git, Arrow is more like plumbing than porcelain, which is a good thing for me to keep in mind. Thanks to everyone for entertaining this PR and the ensuing discussion. I'll close this PR and take a different approach to addressing the issue. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
