Github user mateiz commented on the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/819#issuecomment-43468276 My worry with Windows is people downloading pre-built Spark and getting a bizarre behavior. I'm assuming most people will work with pre-built Spark (since you'd mostly use Windows for local development) so those who build it by hand can handle a bit more complexity.
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