[ARROW-7726] [CI] [C++] Use boost binaries on Windows GHA build

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.17.0
• Component/s: C++, Continuous Integration
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/23966
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Antoine Pitrou
• Created: 30/Jan/20 14:46
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:55
• Resolved: 03/Feb/20 21:44

Description

In the Github Actions "AMD64 Windows 2019 C++" build, around 10 minutes are spent compiling the bundled Boost library from source. We should probably find a way to reuse some existing binaries.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #6325