[ARROW-11580] [C++] Add CMake option ARROW_DEPENDENCY_SOURCE=VCPKG

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/27450
• Assignee: Ian Cook
• Reporter: Ian Cook
• Created: 10/Feb/21 02:05
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:20
• Resolved: 05/Mar/21 03:35

Description

ARROW-11340 enables the use of vcpkg to install Arrow C++ build dependencies, but we should consider making this more straightforward by adding a CMake option ARROW_DEPENDENCY_SOURCE=VCPKG.

Issue Links

• depends upon: ARROW-11340 [C++] Add vcpkg.json manifest to cpp project root
• is depended upon by: ARROW-11796 [C++] Test, fix, and document debug builds with vcpkg packages
• relates to: ARROW-11336 [C++][Doc] Improve Developing on Windows docs
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #9553