Binary distribution for libmagic on Windows
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- Python
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Description
Windows users regularly run into issues with incompatible/broken or not found magic installations. Current issues:
https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic/issues/137
https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic/issues/288
https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic/issues/225
https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic/issues/276
https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic/issues/248
https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic/issues/87
https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic/issues/139
https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic/issues/233
https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic/issues/73
https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic/issues/60
https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic/issues/34
This task is to document/implement a more reliable solution for windows.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Review the linked Windows-related issues to identify the recurring installation failures and the requested direction. Define whether the resolution is documentation, a distribution change, or both, and consider the work complete only when Windows users have a reliable, documented way to obtain a compatible libmagic installation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100