[Distutils] Compatibility Tags and the Stable API

[Phil Thompson]

Apologies for pestering...

Is there any more information about this?

I have cp34-abi3 wheels ready for release (ie. Python 3.4 or later) but they can't be installed with pip3.5. I could release them as cp35-abi3 but that will become a pain with the release of Python v3.6.

Thanks,
Phil


> On 9 Sep 2016, at 12:28 pm, Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.com> wrote:
> 
> On 9 Sep 2016, at 12:00 pm, Daniel Holth <dholth at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Correct. I have a pull request on wheel that does just that, and the next version of pip will be ready for it.
> 
> Is there a release date for that version of pip? There's no point in me making releases that can't be installed.
> 
> Phil
> 
>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016, 04:14 Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.com> wrote:
>> I'm not sure how to interpret PEP 425 when it comes to packages containing C extension modules that use the limited Python API (PEP 384).
>> 
>> The Python v3.4 version of the limited API is used so should the compatibility tag be...
>> 
>> cp34-abi3-*
>> 
>> That would mean that the 'cp34' Python tag would have to be interpreted as a minimum (rather than exact) requirement.
>> 
>> Grateful for any clarification.
>> 
>> Phil