<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Nathaniel Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:njs@pobox.com" target="_blank">njs@pobox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><p dir="ltr">But, the plan *is* to make wheels the standard way to build packages -- that will be in the next pep :-). I'm not sure I'd call it "lock down", because there's nothing that will stop you running setup.py bdist_rpm or whatever. But our goal is to reach the point where package authors get a choice of what build system to use, and there's no guarantee that every build system will implement bdist_rpm.<br></p></span>
<p dir="ltr"></p></blockquote><div>hmm -- this really feels like mingling packaging and building.</div><div><br></div><div>Does making sure everything builds a wheel help systems like rpm and the like? Honestly I have no idea.</div><div><br></div><div>I do know that conda is very is very much designed to not care at all how a package is build or installed, as long as it can be installed -- so if a wheel is built and then that wheel is installed, that all the same to conda.</div><div><br></div><div>But is that the case for everything else?</div><div><br></div><div>I absolutely agree that we shouldn't expect a bdist_rpm and the like -- in fact, those should all be deprecated. </div><div><br></div><div>but maybe a "install" that goes from source to installed package, without passing through a wheel?</div><div><br></div><div>or maybe not -- I really don't know rpm or deb or anything else well enough to know. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">So, the plan is to require all build systems to be able to output wheels, and then debian or conda-build or whoever will convert the wheel into whatever final package format they want.</p></blockquote><div>easy for conda -- not sure about the others....</div><div><br></div><div>hmm -- homebrew builds from source, so as long as you have a way to install the wheel you built, it'll be fine (much like conda, but without ever making a package)</div><div><br></div><div>-CHB</div><div><br></div><div><br></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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