SNOW-2047992 Include VCRedist library into Windows wheels and get rid of PyArrow version constraint (#2470)

Author: sfc-gh-mmishchenko

DESCRIPTION.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ https://docs.snowflake.com/
 Source code is also available at: https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-connector-python
 
 # Release Notes
-- v3.16.1(TBD)
+- v3.17 (TBD)
   - Added new authentication methods support for Workload Identity Federation (WIF).
     - Added the `WORKLOAD_IDENTITY` value for authenticator type.
     - Added the `workload_identity_provider` and `workload_identity_entra_resource` parameters.
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Source code is also available at: https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-conne
   - Moved `OAUTH_TYPE` to `CLIENT_ENVIROMENT`.
   - Fix bug where PAT with external session authenticator was used while `external_session_id` was not provided in `SnowflakeRestful.fetch`
   - Added support for parameter `use_vectorized_scanner` in function `write_pandas`.
+  - Relaxed `pyarrow` version constraint, versions >= 19 can now be used.
   - Populate type_code in ResultMetadata for interval types.
 
 - v3.16.0(July 04,2025)

ci/build_windows.bat

@@ -36,12 +36,18 @@ EXIT /B %ERRORLEVEL%
 set pv=%~1
 
 echo Going to compile wheel for Python %pv%
-py -%pv% -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel build
+py -%pv% -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel build delvewheel
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :error
 
-py -%pv% -m build --wheel .
+py -%pv% -m build --outdir dist\rawwheel --wheel .
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :error
 
+:: patch the wheel by including its dependencies
+py -%pv% -m delvewheel repair -vv -w dist dist\rawwheel\*
+if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :error
+
+rd /s /q dist\rawwheel
+
 EXIT /B 0
 
 :error

setup.cfg

@@ -94,6 +94,6 @@ development =
     pytzdata
 pandas =
     pandas>=2.1.2,<3.0.0
-    pyarrow<19.0.0
+    pyarrow
 secure-local-storage =
     keyring>=23.1.0,<26.0.0