id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	resolution	keywords	cc	branch	branch_author	launchpad_bug
6032	make twisted.internet.endpoints importable on Windows when pywin32 is not installed	tray		"Using Twisted 12.2, `twisted.internet.endpoints` cannot be imported on Windows unless pywin32 is available:

{{{
 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""<string>"", line 1, in <module>
  File ""twisted\web\client.py"", line 21, in <module>
    from twisted.internet.endpoints import TCP4ClientEndpoint, SSL4ClientEndpoint
  File ""twisted\internet\endpoints.py"", line 28, in <module>
    from twisted.internet import stdio
  File ""twisted\internet\stdio.py"", line 28, in <module>
    from twisted.internet import _win32stdio
  File ""twisted\internet\_win32stdio.py"", line 7, in <module>
    import win32api
ImportError: No module named win32api
}}}

As demonstrated by this traceback, this also affects any module that depends on endpoints.  The pywin32 dependency is only necessary for stdio; other endpoints should be usable even if it is not installed.

This likely requires a Windows version of the no-modules builder to be set up first - see <https://bugs.launchpad.net/twisted-buildbot-configuration/+bug/1059240>."	enhancement	new	normal		core