[Distutils] Builders vs Installers

[Daniel Holth]

Unix users will always want to compile their own. Pip wheel is not going
away, but we will definitely evolve the implementation.
On Mar 25, 2013 7:00 PM, "Paul Moore" <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 25 March 2013 22:46, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > Paul Moore <p.f.moore <at> gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> I imagine that pip will retain some form of the current "pip wheel"
> >> capability that covers this requirement, but maybe as the overall
> >> picture of the new design gets clarified, this role should be
> >> captured.
> >
> > Strictly speaking I would have thought "pip wheel" was a builder
> function which
> > is only in pip as a transitional step, to get wheels more exposure. Is
> that an
> > incorrect assumption on my part?
>
> If some other tool provides the same functionality, I can see the
> possibility that pip will drop it (assuming that pip takes the route
> of becoming a "pure installer"). But I can't imagine pip dropping that
> functionality *until* some other tool is available which does the
> equivalent.
>
> Paul
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