[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1578: Test suite fails on Win32 if run from directory with a long name.

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#1578: Test suite fails on Win32 if run from directory with a long name.
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     Reporter:  dloss   |      Owner:  somebody
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  minor   |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  code    |    Version:  1.9.0b1
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:  windows docs
Launchpad Bug:          |
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Changes (by davidsarah):

 * keywords:   => windows docs
 * owner:  nobody => somebody
 * component:  unknown => code


Comment:

 It isn't clear that this is fixable with reasonable effort. Although the
 Win32 API does allow paths up to approximately 32767 UTF-16 code units if
 prefixed by {{{\\?\}}}, supporting that might require changes in Python,
 or else careful avoidance (also in Twisted {{{trial}}}) of certain Python
 APIs.

 Perhaps we should have the test suite warn at the start if it is run from
 a directory with a long path.

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