[Bug]: readme tells windows is supported, but I see no windows package on pypi

[wscott-code]

What happened?

I wanted to tryout fastdump on my personnal computer (Windows 11). I followed setup instruction to discover there was no available windows version of the package on pypi...

What did you expect to see?

A windows version of the package on pypi, since the readme says it's compatible with windows.

What version of fastdup were you runnning on?

2.14

What version of Python were you running on?

Python 3.10, Python 3.9

Operating System

Windows 11

Reproduction steps

Follow your installation instructions on a Windows 10 computer

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[dbickson]

Hi @wscott-code apologies we should clarify our documentation. fastdup runs on Windows 11 assuming you install Microsoft WSL2, and run from the WSL2 terminal to pip3 install fastdup with python3.9/10/11/12. Please try it and let us know if this works.

[wscott-code]

Hi @dbickson, I figured that out and managed to install it on WSL2, which by the way works with many linux only supported packages. I wonder if you can really claim Windows support when it only runs on WSL. 🤔

Now, I see maybe two remaining issues to be fixed:

1. readme should state clearly windows is supported only through WSL
2. is there a way to tell pipy the package is not available for windows ? otherwise, you go through all the installation process, downloading all dependencies and installing them to get the "oups couldn't find suitable archive" kind of message from pip...

I leave those decisions to you 😉 Thank's for your reactivity. I really appreciate. I will try the software as soon as I can... Have a nice day.

[Sharonyaffe-hub]

Hi @wscott-code, we updated the readme file, you are welcome to check it out and see if it more clear now. Thanks.

[wscott-code]

Hi @Sharonyaffe-hub, that's much better. Thank you

[Sharonyaffe-hub]

Excellent, happy to hear!

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Hi @Sharonyaffe-hub https://github.com/Sharonyaffe-hub, that's much better. Thank you

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