WillAyd commented on code in PR #47141: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/47141#discussion_r2565299489
########## python/LICENSE.txt: ########## Review Comment: Per https://gitforwindows.org/symbolic-links.html: > Short version: there is no exact equivalent for POSIX symlinks on Windows, and the closest thing is unavailable for non-admins by default unless Developer Mode is enabled and a relatively recent Windows 10 version is used. Therefore, symlink emulation support is only turned on by default when that scenario is detected. Support can be enabled by the user, via the core.symlinks=true config setting. Windows 10 reached EOL last month, and supposedly Developer Mode [is required](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/advanced-settings/developer-mode#enable-developer-mode) for Visual Studio use. I'm not sure of all the Windows workflows that may / may not require developer mode, but maybe its worth just requiring it for any Windows devs of PyArrow so that symlinks can be used? -- 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]
