Smoothen python installation process (on windows)

[MarcSkovMadsen]

My Pain

I'm trying to install perspective via pip install perspective-python on Windows 8.1. And I have now spent a couple of hours without luck. These days I seldom spend any time on installing pip packages so this is an unusual experience.

I will eventually get it installed I believe. But I would like to enable my analysts and traders to install this as well and it's simply too painfull for them to go through this.

Solution

• Enable perspective to be pip installed without compilation.
• Enable perspective to be conda installed without compilation
• Improve the documentation https://perspective.finos.org/docs/md/installation.html
  • If TBB really needs to be installed as described at pypi them add this information and write something about why.
  • Add something about installation on Windows. For example if VS2017 compiler needs to be installed then describe this and provide a link to a guide you can follow.
  • If CMAKE needs to be installed seperately please describe this and tell the user not to pip install cmake
• Improve pypi documentation https://pypi.org/project/perspective-python/
  • Make it more clear if TBB really needs to be installed and why.
  • Add something about installation on Windows. For example if VS2017 compiler needs to be installed then describe this and provide a link to a guide you can follow.
  • If CMAKE needs to be installed seperately please describe this and tell the user not to pip install cmake

[timkpaine]

#945 for docs

We already make wheels for other platforms, waiting for #943 to make wheels for windows

Conda forge is already inflight conda-forge/staged-recipes#10884