amoeba commented on code in PR #41135:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/41135#discussion_r1560132292


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docs/source/python/install.rst:
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@@ -93,3 +100,41 @@ a custom path to the database from Python:
 
    >>> import pyarrow as pa
    >>> pa.set_timezone_db_path("custom_path")
+
+
+.. _python-conda-differences:
+
+Differences between conda-forge packages
+----------------------------------------
+
+PyArrow is packaged on `conda-forge <https://conda-forge.org/>`_ as three
+separate packages, each providing varying levels of functionality. This is in
+contrast to PyPi, where only a single PyArrow package is provided.
+
+The purpose of this split is to minimize the size of the installed package for
+most users (``pyarrow``), provide a smaller, minimal package for specialized 
use
+cases (``pyarrow-core``), while still providing a complete package for users 
who
+require it (``pyarrow-all``).
+
+The table below lists the functionality provided by each package and may be
+useful when deciding to use one package over another:
+
++------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
+| Component  | pyarrow                      | pyarrow-core                 | 
pyarrow-all                  |
++============+==============================+==============================+==============================+
+| Core       | :fas:`check;sd-text-success` | :fas:`check;sd-text-success` | 
:fas:`check;sd-text-success` |
++------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
+| Parquet    | :fas:`check;sd-text-success` |                              | 
:fas:`check;sd-text-success` |
++------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
+| Datasets   | :fas:`check;sd-text-success` |                              | 
:fas:`check;sd-text-success` |
++------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
+| Acero      | :fas:`check;sd-text-success` |                              | 
:fas:`check;sd-text-success` |
++------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
+| Substrait  | :fas:`check;sd-text-success` |                              | 
:fas:`check;sd-text-success` |
++------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
+| Flight     |                              |                              | 
:fas:`check;sd-text-success` |
++------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
+| Flight SQL |                              |                              | 
:fas:`check;sd-text-success` |
++------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
+| Gandiva    |                              |                              | 
:fas:`check;sd-text-success` |

Review Comment:
   Note to reviewers: I opted for a font-awesome green checkmark here instead 
of an emoji since emoji will render differently across platforms whereas 
font-awesome will look the same. Feel free to bike shed this.



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