docs: Python API: Add comment on building on Windows

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installed, CMake might require some hints which version is the desired one.
To force Python 3, UHD has a CMake variable `ENABLE_PYTHON3`
\subsection python_install_windows Installing on Windows
On Windows, only certain combinations of MSVC and Boost have proven functional.
The following combinations are known to work (others might also work):
- Visual Studio 2017 (version 15.7.3), Release X64 on Windows 10 with Boost
1.65.1 and Boost 1.66, Python27 x64 bit.
Static linking on is currently unsupported on Windows.
\section python_usage Using the Python API
The Python API mirrors the C++ API, so the C++ reference manual can be used to