May 2-8, 2021 in Darker: Windows compatibility progress and Conda package release

[akaihola]

This week, we made significant strides in addressing Windows compatibility issues and finalizing the Conda package for Darker. We closed the Conda package issue (#114) after verifying that Darker 1.2.3 can be successfully installed and used via conda install -c conda-forge darker isort.

We continued to investigate and discuss a peculiar Windows-specific formatting issue (#133) where Darker refuses to accept some empty lines inside functions in its own codebase during test runs. This discrepancy between Windows and Unix-based systems highlights the need for broader platform testing in our continuous integration pipeline. To address this and similar issues, we've started discussions about expanding our CI to include Windows environments, which would help us catch platform-specific problems earlier in the development process.

Additionally, we addressed a crash that occurred when isort wasn't installed (#130). We clarified that isort is an optional dependency, required only when using the --isort flag, and discussed how to handle this in both pip and Conda installations. This issue emphasizes the importance of clear documentation and flexible dependency management in our project.

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