[Wheel-builders] libpythonX.Y.so.1

[Nate Coraor]

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Robert T. McGibbon <rmcgibbo at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> Sorry I'm out of the loop. Nathaniel correctly diagnosed the problem as
> thesis stuff. Quick responses below:
>
> > 1. With SOABI tag support now available for Python 2.X, would a PR
> adding UCS-2 builds of Python to the docker image be accepted?
>
> +1 from me. I think there's an issue open for this. You just need to
> decide something rational for the directory layout of which Python goes
> where and what the symlinks will be.
>
> I think this will also require getting the UCS-2 detection code properly
> removed from auditwheel (https://github.com/pypa/auditwheel/pull/17).
> Sorry I haven't done that yet.
>

Okay, I'll get going on these.


> > 2. Is anyone working on the pip side of the changes necessary to
> install manylinux1 wheels? If not, I'll do this.
>
> IIRC, there is an open PR to pip (https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/3497).
> I think adding your voice there might help move it along. I think that PR
> is ready to merge, but just lacking the last necessary push from a pip
> maintainer to merge it.
>
>
> > Also, I wonder if we should vendor auditwheel into wheel itself so you
> can directly build manylinux1 wheels.
>
> IMO it's too early for that. auditwheel is not mature, and besides you
> really need the docker env. On that note, any help getting auditwheel in
> better shape -- especially UX-wise if you have any free cycles -- would be
> totally awesome.
>

What do you have in mind?

--nate
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