the name ``wheel''

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I believe that the name "Wheel" was a reference to "reinventing the
wheel". But I cannot find a quote to support this claim. I think the
general sentiment was that it was the second attempt by the Python
community to come up with a packaging format (first being Egg), and so
they were reinventing the wheel, in a way.

I cannot speak to the other question though: I don't know. This is
however also a common practice on Linux, where Python is often
installed in order to enable system tools, which, in turn, don't need
a Python package manager to function. Not sure why this would be the
case in MS Windows.

On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 4:51 PM Johanne Fairchild via Python-list
<python-list at python.org> wrote:
>
> Why is a whl-package called a ``wheel''?  Is it just a pronunciation for
> the extension WHL or is it really a name?
>
> Also, it seems that when I install Python on Windows, it doesn't come
> with pip ready to run.  I had to say
>
>   python -m ensurepip
>
> and then I saw that a pip on a whl-package was installed.  Why doesn't
> the official distribution make pip ready to run by default?  Thank you!
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