Pipenv: windows support

[kennethreitz42]

see if this is even possible. May have to just print output to tell users what to do if they are on windows.

[kennethreitz42]

spinner doesn't work on windows. not even worth it.

[MyrionPhoenixmoon]

So just to be clear - there is no windows support for pipenv at all?

Or is this about some sub-functionality?

[nateprewitt]

@MyrionPhoenixmoon we currently don't officially support Windows. You may be able to get certain features to work on Windows, but their function has no guarantee to continue in future versions. Hopefully when we have a more stable build we can start entertaining Windows support.

[MyrionPhoenixmoon]

Thank you. I hope that day comes soon :)

[jacebrowning]

Would you consider setting up AppVeyor to include Windows as a CI target. At the time of this comment, pipenv doesn't work on AppVeyor's Windows machines and produces the following error:

$ pipenv install
Creating a virtualenv for this project...
New python executable in C:\projects\.venv\Scripts\python.exe
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
Virtualenv location: C:\projects\.venv
No package provided, installing all dependencies.
Fixing package names in Pipfile...
Pipfile found at C:\projects\template-python/Pipfile. Considering this to be the project home.
Pipfile.lock out of date, updating...
Locking [dev-packages] dependencies...
Locking [packages] dependencies...
Updated Pipfile.lock!
Installing dependencies from Pipfile.lock...
An error occured while installing!
The system cannot find the path specified.

[nateprewitt]

Since pipenv currently doesn't support Windows I'm not sure what the benefit of setting up AppVeyor would be, since the build will always fail. We have a lot of linux based assumptions baked into how pipenv works in its current state.

[vladinator1000]

Pipenv is awesome. Windows support would make it even easier to share projects with people, much like npm in Node.js.

[nateprewitt]

@savovs, we added windows support about 7 months ago 😊

[uranusjr]

@nateprewitt Which is broken in a weekly basis. I’ve wanted to introduce Pipenv to many people but can’t do it responsibly at its current state. :(

[kennethreitz42]

our tests are working now :)