#beets

oh that question was hours ago

sampsyo: The interesting question now is: Must I deal with Windows where os.symlink isn't implemented?

Windows does have symlinks nowadays...

TheGuyOfDoom: Thanks anyway. :) If only folks would stick around to have their questions answered...

idd

TheGuyOfDoom: But the python os class doesn't implement symlink on non-unix systems.

Interesting

Rovanion: yeah I kind of expected that

Does beets run on windows?

you might be able to patch out those calls though, I've got no idea 'bout context :P

If so, does it use mingw?

It would be nice to fail gracefully (I.e., raise an exception handled at the top level that prints an explanatory message)

the quick start guide does have some stuff on windows, so I assume it does.

It runs on Windows without any Unix layer -- right on Python.exe

now the question becomes "does python.exe run on mingw" :P

And the answer is no (by default at least) :)

sampsyo: But it okay for me to just implement symlinking on Unix OS:s and just write in the manual/raise an exception which states "Not implemented on Windows"?

Yes, definitely

Since it won't be enabled by default

linux master race anyway

sampsyo: Great. Now I'll just have to test run my code to see if it actually works :P

But that's for another day