[Python-Dev] windows buildbot failures

Sun Apr 23 14:31:42 CEST 2006

Tim Peters wrote:
> [Andrew MacIntyre]

Hmm... I don't appear to have explained what I meant very well :-|
{...}
> This really needs an executable example. Here's my best guess about
> what you mean, but I don't see any of what you're describing on WinXP
> Pro SP2:

And a pretty good guess it was too!
Although I hadn't expected/intended any research to be applied to my note
(except if the original problem involved undeletable files on the
buildbots), I'm relieved your experiment turned up no problem; it makes
the case stronger against something in the local setup.
FWIW, the particular cases I remember seeing involved applications built
with ctypes and Venster (Win32 GUI wrapper over ctypes) with a lot of
COM calls, with Python 2.2.3.
>> I've never reported this as a Python bug
>> If you do, I'll probably add a comment like the above ;-)

;-)
>> because I've considered the antivirus SW likely to be the culprit.
>> Could be. FWIW, Norton AV was running during the above.

The anti-virus on my work XP Pro SP2 system has been a source of 
considerable annoyance in many situations, so its the first thing
I blame...
>> I don't recall seeing this with Windows 2000, but much was changed
>> in the transition from the Win2k SOE to the WinXP SOE.
>> What's that? Shitty Out-of-box Experience ;-)?

That too! Our outsourced IT supplier seems to think it means Standard
Operating Environment, but I haven't figured out what's "standard" about 
it...
Cheers,
Andrew.
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