Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-09 Thread David Cournapeau
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Steve Spicklemire wrote: > So, related question: Should the Mac binaries also work with the > python.org mac build? > Binary compatibility is best achieved on windows: the platform makes it easier, and it is so painful to build stuff there that it would be insane

Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-09 Thread Steve Spicklemire
So, related question: Should the Mac binaries also work with the python.org mac build? Regarding my quest: I just punted for now (out of time, need something working by Monday). I'm using Christoph Gohlke's binaries for windows (seem to work well!) and cooked up my own custom installer for Mac

Re: [Distutils] Wheel "build tag"

2014-01-09 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 9 Jan 2014 20:35, "Donald Stufft" wrote: > > > On Jan 9, 2014, at 4:29 AM, Bohuslav Kabrda wrote: > > > Hi all, > > the wheel package format, as defined in pep 427 specifies, that wheel name can contain an optional "build tag" [1]. This build tag is supposed to be a tie-breaker if two wheels h

Re: [Distutils] Wheel "build tag"

2014-01-09 Thread Daniel Holth
The wheel build tag is only stored in the filename. The feature is not well tested. On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 7:35 AM, Donald Stufft wrote: > > On Jan 9, 2014, at 4:29 AM, Bohuslav Kabrda wrote: > >> Hi all, >> the wheel package format, as defined in pep 427 specifies, that wheel name >> can conta

Re: [Distutils] Wheel "build tag"

2014-01-09 Thread Donald Stufft
On Jan 9, 2014, at 4:29 AM, Bohuslav Kabrda wrote: > Hi all, > the wheel package format, as defined in pep 427 specifies, that wheel name > can contain an optional "build tag" [1]. This build tag is supposed to be a > tie-breaker if two wheels have the same version. I decided that I would try

[Distutils] Wheel "build tag"

2014-01-09 Thread Bohuslav Kabrda
Hi all, the wheel package format, as defined in pep 427 specifies, that wheel name can contain an optional "build tag" [1]. This build tag is supposed to be a tie-breaker if two wheels have the same version. I decided that I would try to send a patch to upstream wheel project [2] to support addi