<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Donald Stufft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donald@stufft.io" target="_blank">donald@stufft.io</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On October 14, 2015 at 6:24:55 PM, Chris Barker (<a href="mailto:chris.barker@noaa.gov">chris.barker@noaa.gov</a>) wrote:<br>
> > another note-- conda has teh concetp of a "build" that's tacked<br>
> on teh release for conda pacakges.<br>
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> So if I updated somethign about how teh packge is buitl, but am<br>
> using teh same underllying version of teh package, I update teh<br>
> build number, get a new "version" of the package, but it's clear<br>
> that the pacakge itself is the same version.<br>
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</span>Wheels have a build number concept which is independent of the version and can be used to upload a new build without creating a new release… at least in theory.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>sounds like exactly what conda is doing (and the same context)</div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I’m not sure if anyone has ever tried to actually use it though. </blockquote><div><br></div><div>I expect they will -- it's pretty darn useful in conda. And it's all too easy to build a binary wheel that works on the developer machine, but not everywhere else... (OK, the CI systems are making that less likely..)</div><div><br></div><div>-Chris</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><br>Christopher Barker, Ph.D.<br>Oceanographer<br><br>Emergency Response Division<br>NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice<br>7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax<br>Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception<br><br><a href="mailto:Chris.Barker@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Chris.Barker@noaa.gov</a></div>
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