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Please add support for Windows OS

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Description

According to Bandit's PYPI project page, Bandit only supports MacOS and Linux operating systems.

Please add support for Windows operating system.

Many Python developers use Windows operating system, exclusively or along other operating systems. If Bandit supports Windows OS, then more people will be able to use Bandit and to improve it.

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating Bandit's platform-specific assumptions and its PyPI support configuration, then determine how the existing test suite can run on Windows. Done means Bandit is installable and usable on Windows with equivalent behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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