poshul commented on issue #44855: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44855#issuecomment-2550774808
> Moving my question on the PR here: > > > we let the user install it themselves in the (relatively unlikely) case it is not already available on the system. > > Do we have some idea about when this happens? Does it come generally pre-installed? Or will it generally already be installed because of installing other things? I am asking because _if_ you have to install that, it is not that trivial (for an experienced developer maybe yes, but not for a newcomer to programming. For example just the page we link to is quite complex, you have to understand visual studio versions, which architecture you have, etc) Since python 3.5 cpythons python installer checks for, and prompt installation of the MSVC (https://docs.python.org/3.5/using/windows.html#installation-steps). They explicitly state that it is NOT included in embedded distribution. And I can't speak to other methods for getting python, but I would imagine that the majority of casual users will have it installed. -- 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]
