diff -r f7a3ea7b9dc6 -r 3a4122bb9488 mercurial/crecord.py
--- a/mercurial/crecord.py	Sat Mar 21 01:24:17 2015 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/crecord.py	Fri Mar 20 23:35:13 2015 -0400
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@
 try:
     curses
 except NameError:
-    raise util.Abort(
-        _('the python curses/wcurses module is not available/installed'))
+    if os.name != 'nt':  # Temporary hack to get running on Windows again
+        raise util.Abort(
+            _('the python curses/wcurses module is not available/installed'))
 
 _origstdout = sys.__stdout__ # used by gethw()