`Field.try_merge` should have optional metadata merge
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.**
Merging fields is useful but the implicit merge of metadata is something that should be opt-in. At the moment we have to undo this to get the required effect.
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Research direction
Start by locating Field::try_merge in the arrow-rs source and inspect how metadata is currently merged. Determine the existing tests for field merging, then define coverage showing that metadata merging can be enabled or omitted as requested; done means callers can opt out of the implicit metadata merge.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- data-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100