GH-48983: [Packaging][Python] Build wheel from sdist using build and add check to validate LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt are part of the wheel contents (#48988)

Currently the files are missing from the published wheels.

- Ensure the license and notice files are part of the wheels
- Use build frontend to build wheels
- Build wheel from sdist

Yes, via archery.
I've validated all wheels will fail with the new check if LICENSE.txt or NOTICE.txt are missing:
```
 AssertionError: LICENSE.txt is missing from the wheel.
```

No

* GitHub Issue: #48983

Lead-authored-by: Raúl Cumplido <raulcumplido@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Antoine Pitrou <pitrou@free.fr>
Co-authored-by: Rok Mihevc <rok@mihevc.org>
Signed-off-by: Raúl Cumplido <raulcumplido@gmail.com>

Author: 3 people

.env

@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ VCPKG="4334d8b4c8916018600212ab4dd4bbdc343065d1"    # 2025.09.17 Release
 # ci/docker/python-*-windows-*.dockerfile or the vcpkg config.
 # This is a workaround for our CI problem that "archery docker build" doesn't
 # use pulled built images in dev/tasks/python-wheels/github.windows.yml.
-PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION=2025-10-13
-PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_TEST_IMAGE_REVISION=2025-10-13
+PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION=2026-01-27
+PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_TEST_IMAGE_REVISION=2026-01-27
 
 # Use conanio/${CONAN_BASE}:{CONAN_VERSION} for "docker compose run --rm conan".
 # See https://github.com/conan-io/conan-docker-tools#readme and

ci/scripts/python_wheel_macos_build.sh

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${build_dir}/install
 export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${PYARROW_VERSION}
 
 pushd ${source_dir}/python
-python setup.py bdist_wheel
+python -m build --sdist --wheel . --no-isolation
 popd
 
 echo "=== (${PYTHON_VERSION}) Show dynamic libraries the wheel depend on ==="

ci/scripts/python_wheel_validate_contents.py

@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ def validate_wheel(path):
         )
     ]
     assert not outliers, f"Unexpected contents in wheel: {sorted(outliers)}"
+    for filename in ('LICENSE.txt', 'NOTICE.txt'):
+        assert any(info.filename.split("/")[-1] == filename
+                   for info in f.filelist), \
+            f"{filename} is missing from the wheel."
     print(f"The wheel: {wheels[0]} seems valid.")
 
 

ci/scripts/python_wheel_windows_build.bat

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:\arrow-dist
 pushd C:\arrow\python
 
 @REM Build wheel
-%PYTHON_CMD% setup.py bdist_wheel || exit /B 1
+%PYTHON_CMD% -m build --sdist --wheel . --no-isolation || exit /B 1
 
 @REM Repair the wheel with delvewheel
 @REM

ci/scripts/python_wheel_xlinux_build.sh

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export ARROW_HOME=/tmp/arrow-dist
 export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/tmp/arrow-dist
 
 pushd /arrow/python
-python setup.py bdist_wheel
+python -m build --sdist --wheel . --no-isolation
 
 echo "=== Strip symbols from wheel ==="
 mkdir -p dist/temp-fix-wheel

python/requirements-wheel-build.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+build
 cython>=3.1
 numpy>=2.0.0
 setuptools_scm