{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ipython/ipython/issues/8440","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ipython/ipython/issues/8440/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ipython/ipython/issues/8440/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ipython/ipython/issues/8440/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/8440","id":77089338,"number":8440,"title":"Vispy Webgl example doesn't work on windows because of \"symbolic link\" is not an end-user right","user":{"login":"stonebig","id":4312421,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4312421?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig","html_url":"https://github.com/stonebig","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-05-16T17:40:05Z","updated_at":"2015-05-17T07:33:54Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Hi,\r\n\r\nI fall on this issue: https://github.com/vispy/vispy/issues/907\r\n\r\nWhich comes down to the fact that end-users on windows are not permitted to create symlinks.\r\n\r\nWhich project should take care of this possibility ?\r\n\r\nIs there a possiblity, for that kind of situation, that IPython doesn't need to do a symlink or can do a copy instead (in the Windows case) ?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ipython/ipython/issues/comments/102762998","html_url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/8440#issuecomment-102762998","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ipython/ipython/issues/8440","id":102762998,"user":{"login":"stonebig","id":4312421,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4312421?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig","html_url":"https://github.com/stonebig","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stonebig/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-05-17T07:33:54Z","updated_at":"2015-05-17T07:33:54Z","body":"So on current Ipython API, the issue resolution seems for vispy people.\r\nIt's a duplicated effort if extension packages have all to manage that subtility with their inner `Windows` knowledge and willingness, so a more `Windows sin` forgiving API would be nice.\r\n"}}