cygwin's curses support isn't up to scratch to run the tests.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_curses.py b/Lib/test/test_curses.py
index a4a45a7..126251e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_curses.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_curses.py
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
if not term or term == 'unknown':
raise TestSkipped, "$TERM=%r, calling initscr() may cause exit" % term
+if sys.platform == "cygwin":
+ raise TestSkipped("cygwin's curses mostly just hangs")
+
def window_funcs(stdscr):
"Test the methods of windows"
win = curses.newwin(10,10)