[issue19643] shutil rmtree fails on readonly files in Windows

[Tim Golden]

Tim Golden added the comment:

This, unfortunately, is the classic edge-case where intra-platform consistency and inter-platform consistency clash. 

I (on Windows) would certainly be surprised if a tree delete removed read-only files without my specifying some kind of override. I understand why cross-platform behaviour might be preferred, and I'm open to being convinced, but I start at -0.

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