barracuda156 commented on issue #38769: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/38769#issuecomment-1817680693
P. S. Perhaps some of my replies above are a bit confusing re building or not building from source. To be clear, what we need in Macports context: – `apache-arrow` port is built from source, standalone (without any involvement of `R`). – `R-arrow` port (R package) is itself built from source, but uses Macports `apache-arrow` installation (dependency is declared, so it will be required to be built prior to R package, unless already installed in Macports context). What we would like to avoid is rebuilding a duplicate copy of `apache-arrow` exclusive to R usage (waste of compilation time and disk space), as long as using a pre-installed one works reliably. It still *could* be done, technically, but rather avoided. What we must avoid, both for policy reasons and technical ones, is downloading anything pre-built from outside (as long as it is not something absolutely required, like a bootstrap binary for a compiler which cannot be built from source otherwise). -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
