This is not just a Windows thing. Plenty of Unix software struggles with long paths as well.
Got bit by this(1) clown that decided to do a crazy long version number as a joke and release it in pypi. Broke a few local pypi caches. Breakdown in the github issue at (2). So ... pobody's nerfect.
1) https://pypi.org/project/uselesscapitalquiz/ 2) https://github.com/pypa/bandersnatch//issues/1200#issuecomme...
Got bit by this(1) clown that decided to do a crazy long version number as a joke and release it in pypi. Broke a few local pypi caches. Breakdown in the github issue at (2). So ... pobody's nerfect.
1) https://pypi.org/project/uselesscapitalquiz/ 2) https://github.com/pypa/bandersnatch//issues/1200#issuecomme...