[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #2028: Twisted endpoints introduce a dependency on pywin32

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#2028: Twisted endpoints introduce a dependency on pywin32
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     Reporter:  daira    |      Owner:  daira
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:           |    Version:  1.10.0
  packaging              |   Keywords:  pywin32 windows twisted usability
   Resolution:           |  regression
Launchpad Bug:           |
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Changes (by daira):

 * keywords:  pywin32 windows twisted => pywin32 windows twisted usability
     regression
 * owner:   => daira
 * status:  new => assigned


Comment:

 Options:

 1. Update [source:docs/quickstart.rst] to point to downloads of pywin32
 (and describe how to select the right one). We used to have this
 information; adding it back is a usability regression.
 2. Build eggs of pywin32 for 32-bit and 64-bit Python 2.7, and make sure
 they are used by a quickstart build. This may be hampered by #142.
 3. Submit a patch to Twisted to remove the hard dependency on pywin32.
 Update [source:src/allmydata/_auto_deps.py] to allow only versions of
 Twisted that don't have the hard dependency (either before endpoints, or
 after the fix), when running on Windows.
 4. Update [source:src/allmydata/_auto_deps.py] to allow only versions of
 Twisted that are before endpoints, when running on Windows.

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