docs: cause about using Windows in production

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James R. Barlow
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Installing on Windows
=====================
.. warning::
Native Windows support is new. Consider it "beta" software. Some
functionality is missing or may be more difficult to enable. If you need a
production-ready solution, use Windows Subsystem for Linux or a Docker
image.
You must install the following for Windows using their installers:
* Python 3.7 (64-bit recommended)
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* Ghostscript 9.50 or later
* QPDF 9.0.2 or later
You can install all except Tesseract with the Chocolatey package manager:
You can install these with the Chocolatey package manager:
* ``choco install python3``
* ``choco install tesseract``
* ``choco install ghostscript``
* ``choco install qpdf``
Also consider adding:
* ``choco install pngquant``
Modify your ``PATH`` environment variable so that Tesseract, Ghostscript and QPDF
executables on the ``PATH``.