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Binary wheels are just archives, I don't see differences in the way they install between different systems. Source wheels that contain C/C++ code are so annoyi

by plonk 3y ago

Binary wheels are just archives, I don't see differences in the way they install between different systems. Source wheels that contain C/C++ code are so annoying to install on Windows that we don't use them. But most packages provide binary wheels anyway.

woodruffw 3y ago
> Binary wheels are just archives, I don't see differences in the way they install between different systems. The subtlety here is in which binary wheel is selected: a particular (host, arch, libc) tuple may cause `pip` to select a more specific wheel for the same version of the package, or even an entirely different wheel. This makes wheels themselves reproducible between systems, but it also means that which wheel isn't guaranteed.