pypa/wheel
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The official binary distribution format for Python
3 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 0 stories, 3 comments · first 2020-01-29 · latest 2023-08-03
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And here is the reasoning for naming it wheel: https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/3c7b6a0d13ee036ea8f6488ab... . Probably a reference to Monty Python as well ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_Shop_sketch )
comment by loxdalen · 2023-08-03 · in 99% of top Python packages are now wheels -
You need to reopen this https://github.com/pypa/wheel/issues/92
comment by sandGorgon · 2020-06-08 · in Python Wheels Crosses 90% -
For those like me who have no idea what "wheels" is in this context, I think it is referring to https://github.com/pypa/wheel This looks like some sort of binary Python packaging thingy. I think @dkarp is saying that there exists…
comment by hackernudes · 2020-01-29 · in Alpine makes Python Docker builds slower, and images larger