the issue with Wheels on Linux, and this is very much a Linux problem, is that the 'pre built' nature of libraries in wheels doesnt play nice with the raw chaos

the issue with Wheels on Linux, and this is very much a Linux problem, is that the 'pre built' nature of libraries in wheels doesnt play nice with the raw chaos of Linux's package management + distro + kernel ecosystem. I raised the question of FreeBSD and Solaris based wheels at a PyCon when I was in a face to face discussion with someone more knowledgeable, and the answer was 'in theory that should work like Windows & OSX, no one has done the hard work yet.' So yeah Linux is not the most friendly environment for Python Wheels.