> > > I think it's unfair to describe these efforts as a "kludge";
I was specifically referring to using wheels to deliver C libs-- pip+wheel were not designed for that. But I don't mean to offend, there has been a lot of great work done, and yes, the situation has much improved as a result. There are times when a kludge is called for! -CHB _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig