Wow, great article. I've heard of wheels for months, but I've never really understood why I should remotely care about them before (it always seemed to me they solved a problem that didn't exist; namely, binary distributions for pure python packages, since you can't support c-plugin packages cleanly with wheel anyhow...).
Turns out the answer is:
1) Yes, you can kind of support packages with c-plugins, if you're specific and careful.
2) They make server deployments significantly faster.
That's actually pretty neat.
...but damn, they still look like a massive pain to work with.
Turns out the answer is:
1) Yes, you can kind of support packages with c-plugins, if you're specific and careful.
2) They make server deployments significantly faster.
That's actually pretty neat.
...but damn, they still look like a massive pain to work with.