[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1274: eliminate pywin32 dependency

[tahoe-lafs]

#1274: eliminate pywin32 dependency
-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
     Reporter:           |      Owner:  warner
  davidsarah             |     Status:  reopened
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:  1.9.0
     Priority:  major    |    Version:  1.8.0
    Component:  code-    |   Keywords:  pywin32 windows win64 install
  storage                |  twisted review-needed
   Resolution:           |
Launchpad Bug:           |
-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
Changes (by zooko):

 * cc: warner (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:32 davidsarah]:
 >
 > I have to say, I don't really understand what the problem is with having
 a Tahoe instance built by '{{{python setup.py build}}}' use a local
 instance of Twisted, when the installed instance is < 9.0.0.

 Yeah, I guess the cost really isn't that bad. Also, while I feel a sort of
 vague warm happiness about our longstanding compatibility with {{{Twisted
 2.4.0}}}, it isn't really tested. A glance at [http://tahoe-
 lafs.org/buildbot/waterfall our buildbot waterfall] shows the following
 versions of Twisted: {{{8.1.0}}}, {{{10.1.0}}}, {{{11.0.0}}}, and
 {{{10.0.0}}}. So claiming that Tahoe-LAFS works correctly with {{{Twisted
 2.4.0}}} is best understood as "good intentions".

 (Aside: I'm glad Brian hasn't yet gotten around to removing some of the
 tool versions information from the waterfall, so that I was able to gather
 that information by scanning a single page.)

 The two {{{Twisted 8.1.0}}} buildslaves are both Debian 5 "Lenny". As you
 say, if we raise this requirement then the Tahoe-LAFS build on those
 buildslaves should just use a local copy of a newer version of Twisted.
 Shall we try it?

 I'd still like to hear from Brian on this ticket!

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1274#comment:34>
tahoe-lafs <http://tahoe-lafs.org>
secure decentralized storage