[Distutils] Re: PEP idea regarding non-glibc systems

2019-02-19 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 3:28 PM Alexander Revin wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have an idea regarding Python binary wheels on non-glibc platforms, > and it seems that initially I've posted it to the wrong list ([1]) > > Long story short, the proposal is to use platform tuples (like > compiler ones) for

[Distutils] PEP idea regarding non-glibc systems

2019-02-19 Thread Alexander Revin
Hi all, I have an idea regarding Python binary wheels on non-glibc platforms, and it seems that initially I've posted it to the wrong list ([1]) Long story short, the proposal is to use platform tuples (like compiler ones) for wheel names, which will allow much broader platform support, for examp

[Distutils] Re: content clashes

2019-02-19 Thread Tzu-ping Chung
It is possible, but in practice there are some complications. There is not an established way to map packages to files they install, so it’d be very difficult to answer the generic question “is there another package that install the same things as mine does” (except you crawl the whole PyPI). He

[Distutils] content clashes

2019-02-19 Thread Robin Becker
Is there a way for a package to recognize that its content clashes with that of another package? This can happen when a package becomes unmaintained and another differently named package takes over with perhaps clashing modules/__package__ paths. -- Robin Becker -- Distutils-SIG mailing list -- d