pitrou commented on code in PR #48601: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/48601#discussion_r2737379595
########## docs/source/cpp/build_system.rst: ########## @@ -235,10 +235,14 @@ will manage consistent versions of Arrow and its dependencies. Runtime Dependencies ==================== -While Arrow uses the OS-provided timezone database on Linux and macOS, it -requires a user-provided database on Windows. You must download and extract the -text version of the IANA timezone database and add the Windows timezone mapping -XML. To download, you can use the following batch script: +On Linux and macOS, Arrow uses the OS-provided timezone database. On Windows, +Arrow uses the Windows timezone database when built with MSVC or recent MinGW GCC +(version 13+). However, when built with Clang/libc++ on Windows, Arrow requires +a user-provided IANA timezone database. + +To download the timezone database for libc++ builds, you must download and +extract the text version of the IANA timezone database and add the Windows +timezone mapping XML. To download, you can use the following batch script: .. literalinclude:: ../../../ci/appveyor-cpp-setup.bat Review Comment: That was a question and, no, it doesn't :-) Can we fix this piece of doc? -- 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]
