Use actions/cache instead of NuGet

ci/docker/python-wheel-manylinux.dockerfile

@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ COPY ci/scripts/install_ccache.sh arrow/ci/scripts/
 RUN /arrow/ci/scripts/install_ccache.sh ${ccache} /usr/local
 
 # Install vcpkg
-ARG GITHUB_ACTOR
-ARG GITHUB_TOKEN
+ARG ACTIONS_CACHE_URL
+ARG ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN
 ARG vcpkg
 COPY ci/vcpkg/*.patch \
      ci/vcpkg/*linux*.cmake \
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ COPY ci/scripts/install_vcpkg.sh \
      arrow/ci/scripts/
 ENV VCPKG_ROOT=/opt/vcpkg
 ARG build_type=release
-ENV CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${build_type} \
-    GITHUB_ACTOR="${GITHUB_ACTOR}" \
-    GITHUB_TOKEN="${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
-    VCPKG_BINARY_SOURCES="clear;nugetconfig,${VCPKG_ROOT}/nuget.config" \
+ENV ACTIONS_CACHE_URL="${ACTIONS_CACHE_URL}" \
+    ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN="${ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN}" \
+    CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${build_type} \
+    VCPKG_BINARY_SOURCES="clear;x-gha,readwrite" \
     VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET=${arch_short}-linux-static-${build_type} \
     VCPKG_FEATURE_FLAGS="manifests" \
     VCPKG_FORCE_SYSTEM_BINARIES=1 \

ci/scripts/install_vcpkg.sh

@@ -53,33 +53,4 @@ if [ -f "${vcpkg_ports_patch}" ]; then
   echo "Patch successfully applied to the VCPKG port files!"
 fi
 
-if [ -n "${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}" ] && [ -n "${GITHUB_ACTOR:-}" ]; then
-  if type dnf 2>/dev/null; then
-    dnf install -y epel-release
-    dnf install -y mono-complete
-  fi
-  nuget_url="https://nuget.pkg.github.com/${GITHUB_ACTOR}/index.json"
-  cat <<NUGET_CONFIG > "${VCPKG_ROOT}/nuget.config"
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<configuration>
-  <config>
-    <add key="defaultPushSource" value="${nuget_url}" />
-  </config>
-  <apikeys>
-    <add key="${nuget_url}" value="${GITHUB_TOKEN}" />
-  </apikeys>
-  <packageSources>
-    <clear />
-    <add key="GitHubPackages" value="${nuget_url}" />
-  </packageSources>
-  <packageSourcesCredentials>
-    <GitHubPackages>
-      <add key="Username" value="${GITHUB_ACTOR}" />
-      <add key="Password" value="${GITHUB_TOKEN}" />
-    </GitHubPackages>
-  </packageSourcesCredentials>
-</configuration>
-NUGET_CONFIG
-fi
-
 popd

dev/tasks/python-wheels/github.linux.yml

@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ jobs:
       {{ macros.github_install_archery()|indent }}
       {{ macros.github_login_dockerhub()|indent }}
 
+      - name: Cache vcpkg
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: vcpkg
+          key: python-wheel-manylinux-{{ manylinux_version }}-{{ "${{ hashFiles('ci/vcpkg/vcpkg.json') }}" }}
+          restore-keys: python-wheel-manylinux-{{ manylinux_version }}-
+
+      - name: Export GitHub Actions cache environment variables
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_CACHE_URL', process.env.ACTIONS_CACHE_URL || '');
+            core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN', process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN || '');
+
       - name: Build wheel
         shell: bash
         run: |

docker-compose.yml

@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ x-sccache: &sccache
 
 x-vcpkg-build-args: &vcpkg-build-args
   vcpkg: ${VCPKG}
-  GITHUB_ACTOR:
-  GITHUB_TOKEN:
+  ACTIONS_CACHE_URL:
+  ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN:
 
 # CPU/memory limit presets to pass to Docker.
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