On Tue, Aug 20, 2019, at 3:50 PM, Brian Skinn wrote:
> I wonder if there's an OS dependence here, though -- I'm almost certain I've
> had to use `--only-binary` in the past, to avoid pip on my Windows machines
> trying to download and build sdists, even when wheels were available.
Possibly you were trying to install something where the latest version didn't
have a compatible wheel you could use, but an older version did. I think pip
will prefer a newer version even if that means building from source.
Thomas
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