[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #3588: src/allmydata/windows/fixups.py uses ctypes to access some APIs that are now available through pywin32

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Sat Jan 9 23:16:08 UTC 2021


#3588: src/allmydata/windows/fixups.py uses ctypes to access some APIs that are
now available through pywin32
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 Reporter:  exarkun  |          Owner:
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal   |      Milestone:  undecided
Component:  unknown  |        Version:  n/a
 Keywords:           |  Launchpad Bug:
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 and pywin32 is already a hard dependency on Windows due to Twisted having
 it as a hard dependency on Windows.

 All things being equal it would be better to use these things from pywin32
 than re-bind them with ctypes ourselves because this will result in less
 code in Tahoe.

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/3588>
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