May 9-15, 2021 in Darker: Windows compatibility and Conda package progress

[akaihola]

This week, we made significant progress on Windows compatibility issues and finalized the Conda package for Darker. We successfully closed the Conda package issue (#114) after verifying that Darker 1.2.3 can be installed and used via conda install -c conda-forge darker isort. This marks an important milestone in making Darker more accessible to a wider range of users.

We continued investigating a Windows-specific formatting issue (#133) where Darker produces different results on Windows compared to Unix-based systems. This discrepancy highlights the need for broader platform testing in our continuous integration pipeline. We're considering expanding our CI to include Windows environments to catch platform-specific problems earlier in the development process. Additionally, we addressed a crash that occurred when isort wasn't installed (#130), clarifying that isort is an optional dependency required only when using the --isort flag.

In other developments, we revisited the possibility of integrating pyupgrade into Darker (#51). While the idea remains interesting, we're still evaluating how it fits with our current approach and whether adjustments are needed. This potential feature would need to be carefully implemented, considering factors such as running order with other tools and configuration options.

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