id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
1274	eliminate pywin32 dependency	davidsarah	warner	"Anything that can be done using pywin32 can also be done, a little more klunkily, using ctypes. Currently we depend on pywin32 directly to get disk stats at [source:src/allmydata/storage/server.py@4595#L177], and indirectly via Twisted. Twisted depends on it only for {{{spawnProcess}}} in [http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/browser/trunk/twisted/internet/posixbase.py?rev=29163#L331]. These dependencies could be easily eliminated, simplifying installation on Windows.

(We ended up not needing a change to Twisted.)
"	defect	closed	major	1.9.0	code-storage	1.8.0	fixed	pywin32 windows win64 install twisted	warner