What is Install-Paths-To in WHEEL file?

[Left Right]

That's not the discussion that was toxic. But the one that was --
doesn't exist anymore since the forum owners deleted it.

The part where the forum owners delete whatever they disagree with is
the toxic part.

On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 2:57 PM Oscar Benjamin via Python-list
<python-list at python.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 29 Dec 2023 at 13:04, Left Right via Python-list
> <python-list at python.org> wrote:
> >
> > Wow. That place turned out to be the toxic pit I didn't expect.
> >
> > It's a shame that a public discussion of public goods was entrusted to
> > a bunch of gatekeepers with no sense of responsibility for the thing
> > they keep the keys to.
>
> Here is the discussion referred to:
> https://discuss.python.org/t/what-is-install-paths-to-in-wheel-file/42005
>
> I don't see anything "toxic" in that discussion. You asked questions
> and people took the time to give clear answers.
>
> The basic answer to your question is that PEP 491 was never completed
> and so there is no accepted specification of the Install-Paths-To
> feature that it had been intended to introduce. The PEP text itself is
> reasonably clear about this and also links to the up to date
> specifications:
> https://peps.python.org/pep-0491/#pep-deferral
>
> Instead for understanding the wheel format the appropriate document is:
> https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/binary-distribution-format/
>
> That document does not mention Install-Paths-To because it documents
> the standards as defined and accepted via the PEP process but PEP 491
> was never accepted.
>
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