[ARROW-17592] [Python][Packaging] Move Windows wheel build to more recent Visual Studio

• Type: Task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Fix Version/s: 11.0.0
• Component/s: Packaging, Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/32840
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Antoine Pitrou
• Created: 01/Sep/22 10:21
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:51

Description

We recently decided to remove support for Visual Studio 2017:
https://lists.apache.org/thread/rcqkx19gpfjlkyvrhxfsrckktrdrzm2p

The Docker image for building Windows wheels should then be updated, for example to Visual Studio 2019:
https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/d3d6371e1e7627d0c5c289acb8eee38ab0cea533/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2017.dockerfile#L21-L23

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #14021