This is a key step in achieving Windows support **Reporter**: [Wes McKinney](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-867) / @wesm **Assignee**: [Wes McKinney](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-867) / @wesm #### Related issues: - [Arrow 0.3 release](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16293) (blocks) <sub>**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-867](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-867). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*</sub>