westonpace commented on pull request #11223: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/11223#issuecomment-929169128
> I think the main question here is "what does it bring compared to the statu quo?". @pitrou Arguably nothing. Many of the cases that are checked here are also checked by C++ unit tests. That being said, the status quo was not doing a great job of catching gaps in type support. For example, some kernels added signatures for timestamp that were too strict. Other kernels missed certain types (fixed_list, fixed_binary). Still other kernels intentionally left support for certain types unfinished but then it is hard to track what still needs to be done. It also serves as a single point of reference for what kernels we expect to work. However, if we don't want this running regression I'm ok with that too. I can just run it occasionally on my side. -- 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]
