pyarrow version check

Author: jreback

pandas/core/arrays/_mask.py

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def get_mask_array_type():
         class MaskArray(_MaskArray, ArrowBoolArray):
             pass
 
-    except ImportError:
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
         class MaskArray(_MaskArray, NumpyBoolArray):
             pass
 

pandas/core/arrays/bool.py

@@ -5,17 +5,24 @@
 multiple dtypes. Not all methods are implemented yet, and the
 current implementation is not efficient.
 """
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 import copy
 import itertools
 
 import numpy as np
-import pyarrow as pa
 
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas.api.types import is_scalar
 from pandas.api.extensions import (
     ExtensionArray, ExtensionDtype, register_extension_dtype, take)
 
+try:
+    import pyarrow as pa
+    if pa.__version__ < LooseVersion('0.10.0'):
+        raise ImportError("pyarrow minimum for bool suppport is 0.10.0")
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    raise
+
 
 @register_extension_dtype
 class ArrowBoolDtype(ExtensionDtype):