[ARROW-11212] [Packaging][Python] Use vcpkg as dependency source for manylinux and windows wheels

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: Packaging, Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/27117
• Assignee: Krisztian Szucs
• Reporter: Krisztian Szucs
• Created: 11/Jan/21 21:36
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:18
• Resolved: 14/Jan/21 23:47

Description

So we can pin an explicit version of the environment, preventing any issues arising from dependency sources (like conda) which drag over time.

We can also enforce static linking by installing the static libraries only.

Issue Links

• is related to: ARROW-11231 [Packaging] Add mimalloc to Linux builds
• supercedes: ARROW-5667 [Python] Enable bz2 support in Windows wheels
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #9096