feat: Remove Windows support (which may have never worked) (#62)

Devstack is only used at 2U now, and no one here uses Windows for
development. (I'm not sure the Windows support ever worked for anyone,
given the comments in the removed lines.)

Makefile

@@ -90,24 +90,6 @@ DEFAULT_SERVICES_LIST := $(subst +, ,$(DEFAULT_SERVICES))
 THIRD_PARTY_SERVICES_LIST := $(subst +, ,$(THIRD_PARTY_SERVICES))
 ALL_SERVICES_LIST := $(subst +, ,$(ALL_SERVICES))
 
-# Get information on host operating system via the `uname` command.
-OS := $(shell uname)
-
-# Need to run some things under winpty in a Windows git-bash shell
-# (but not when calling bash from a command shell or PowerShell).
-ifneq (,$(MINGW_PREFIX))
-    WINPTY := winpty
-else
-    WINPTY :=
-endif
-
-# Don't try redirecting to /dev/null in any Windows shell
-ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(OS)))
-    DEVNULL :=
-else
-    DEVNULL := >/dev/null
-endif
-
 # Export Makefile variables to recipe shells.
 export
 
@@ -153,10 +135,10 @@ selfcheck: ## Check that the Makefile is free of Make syntax errors.
 ########################################################################################
 
 dev.reset-repos: ## Attempt to reset the local repo checkouts to the default branch working state.
-	$(WINPTY) bash ./repo.sh reset
+	bash ./repo.sh reset
 
 dev.status: ## Prints the status of all git repositories.
-	$(WINPTY) bash ./repo.sh status
+	bash ./repo.sh status
 
 dev.checkout: ## Check out "openedx-release/$OPENEDX_RELEASE" in each repo if set, use default branch otherwise.
 	./repo.sh checkout
@@ -197,12 +179,12 @@ dev.pull.%: ## Pull latest Docker images for services and their dependencies.
 
 dev.provision: ## Provision dev environment with default services, and then stop them.
 	make dev.check-memory
-	$(WINPTY) bash ./provision.sh $(DEFAULT_SERVICES)
+	bash ./provision.sh $(DEFAULT_SERVICES)
 	make dev.stop
 
 dev.provision.%: dev.check-memory ## Provision specified services.
 	echo $*
-	$(WINPTY) bash ./provision.sh $*
+	bash ./provision.sh $*
 
 dev.backup: dev.up.mysql57+mysql80+mongo+elasticsearch710+opensearch12+coursegraph ## Write all data volumes to the host.
 	docker run --rm --volumes-from $$(make --silent --no-print-directory dev.print-container.mysql57) -v $$(pwd)/.dev/backups:/backup debian:jessie tar zcvf /backup/mysql57.tar.gz /var/lib/mysql
@@ -348,10 +330,10 @@ dev.stats: ## Get per-container CPU and memory utilization data.
 dev.check: dev.check.$(DEFAULT_SERVICES) ## Run checks for the default service set.
 
 dev.check.%:  # Run checks for a given service or set of services.
-	$(WINPTY) bash ./check.sh $*
+	bash ./check.sh $*
 
 dev.wait-for.%:  ## Wait for these services to become ready
-	$(WINPTY) bash ./wait-ready.sh $$(echo $* | tr + " ")
+	bash ./wait-ready.sh $$(echo $* | tr + " ")
 
 dev.validate: ## Print effective Docker Compose config, validating files in COMPOSE_FILE.
 	docker compose config
@@ -362,7 +344,7 @@ dev.validate: ## Print effective Docker Compose config, validating files in COMP
 ########################################################################################
 
 dev.cache-programs: ## Copy programs from Discovery to Memcached for use in LMS.
-	$(WINPTY) bash ./programs/provision.sh cache
+	bash ./programs/provision.sh cache
 
 dev.restart-devserver: _expects-service.dev.restart-devserver
 
@@ -483,7 +465,7 @@ dev.destroy.coursegraph: dev.remove-containers.coursegraph ## Remove all courseg
 
 # See https://github.com/openedx/devstack/issues/1113 for lack of ability to destroy data volumes
 dev.destroy: ## Irreversibly remove all devstack-related containers and networks (though not data volumes)
-	$(WINPTY) bash ./destroy.sh
+	bash ./destroy.sh
 
 ########################################################################################
 # Support for "prefix-form" commands:
@@ -589,10 +571,10 @@ hadoop-application-logs-%: ## View hadoop logs by application Id.
 	docker compose exec nodemanager yarn logs -applicationId $*
 
 create-test-course: ## Provisions cms, and ecommerce with course(s) in test-course.json.
-	$(WINPTY) bash ./course-generator/create-courses.sh --cms --ecommerce course-generator/test-course.json
+	bash ./course-generator/create-courses.sh --cms --ecommerce course-generator/test-course.json
 
 build-courses: ## Build course and provision cms, and ecommerce with it.
 	# Modify test-course.json before running this make target to generate a custom course
-	$(WINPTY) bash ./course-generator/build-course-json.sh course-generator/tmp-config.json
-	$(WINPTY) bash ./course-generator/create-courses.sh --cms --ecommerce course-generator/tmp-config.json
+	bash ./course-generator/build-course-json.sh course-generator/tmp-config.json
+	bash ./course-generator/create-courses.sh --cms --ecommerce course-generator/tmp-config.json
 	rm course-generator/tmp-config.json

docs/getting_started.rst

@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ amount of resources. We find that `configuring Docker for Mac`_
 with a minimum of **2 CPUs, 8GB of memory, and a disk image size of 96GB**
 does work.
 
-`Docker for Windows`_ may work but has not been tested and is *not* supported.
-
 If you are using Linux, developers on Ubuntu (and Debian) should ensure
 they've uninstalled docker.io and docker-compose from the main Ubuntu
 repositories and instead install docker-ce and docker-compose-plugin from the
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@ command.
 .. _Docker for Mac: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/mac-install/
 .. _licensing terms: https://www.docker.com/pricing/faq
 .. _configuring Docker for Mac: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/settings/mac/#advanced
-.. _Docker for Windows: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/windows-install/
 
 Please note
 ~~~~~~~~~~~

scripts/README.txt

@@ -32,23 +32,6 @@ Linux
    "bash linux.sh".  Partway through you'll be prompted for your password
    to grant sudo access (to run docker commands); provide it as needed.
 
-Windows
--------
-
-3. If you don't already have Docker 17.06 CE or later installed, install
-   it from "devstack_snapshot/Docker for Windows Installer.exe".
-
-4. Follow the instructions at
-   https://github.com/openedx/devstack/blob/master/README-windows.rst
-   (Unlike the macOS and Linux installations above, this will require
-   a network connection).
-
-Open edX devstack isn't fully working on Windows yet, but if you are
-running Windows 10 you can help us diagnose and fix the remaining
-problems.  If you're running an older version of Windows, please ask
-for help choosing a task that can be completed without installing
-devstack.
-
 All Operating Systems
 ---------------------