Some users would like to build lightweight versions of PyArrow, for example for use in AWS Lambda or similar systems which constrain the total size of usable libraries.

However, PyArrow currently mandates some Arrow C++ components which can lead to a very sizable Arrow binary install: Compute, CSV, Dataset, Filesystem, HDFS and JSON.

Reporter: Antoine Pitrou / @pitrou

Related issues:

• [C++] Split non-cast compute kernels into a separate shared library (is related to)

_{Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-17916. Please see the migration documentation for further details.}