#19373: Windows file locking requires pywin32
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Reporter: techtonik | Owner: nobody
Type: | Status: new
Cleanup/optimization | Version: 1.4
Component: File | Resolution:
uploads/storage | Triage Stage: Design
Severity: Normal | decision needed
Keywords: | Needs documentation: 0
Has patch: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Needs tests: 0 | UI/UX: 0
Easy pickings: 0 |
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Comment (by manfre):
I'm not in a position to make a decision, but I'll share some of my
insights.
I've needed PyWin32 installed on every windows system because of django-
mssql, the file locking support was secondary. The installation is easy
and the project doesn't release new version very often.
The only real downside to PyWin32 that I've encountered is that it doesn't
play well with virtualenv because `--system-site-packages` is required.
This requirement is not exclusive to PyWin32 and almost every binary
package that drops DLLs needs to be installed globally and use `--system-
site-packages` in virtualenvs. This can become a problem with maintaining
an automated build system and for some deployment scenarios.
If requiring `--system-site-packages` is an acceptable, then documenting
PyWin32 would be the easiest path forward and I'd be happy to submit a
patch. If Django doesn't want to force `--system-site-packages`, then
definitely look for another option that only addresses the file locking
issue, instead of all the other stuff that is rolled in to PyWin32.
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