[Distutils] PyPi not allowing duplicate filenames

[Donald Stufft]

On October 14, 2015 at 6:24:55 PM, Chris Barker (chris.barker at noaa.gov) wrote:
> > another note-- conda has teh concetp of a "build" that's tacked  
> on teh release for conda pacakges.
>  
> So if I updated somethign about how teh packge is buitl, but am  
> using teh same underllying version of teh package, I update teh  
> build number, get a new "version" of the package, but it's clear  
> that the pacakge itself is the same version.

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. I’m not sure if anyone has ever tried to actually use it though. 

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Donald Stufft
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