Re: [Distutils] Working toward Linux wheel support

On September 4, 2015 at 10:12:08 PM, Nick Coghlan (ncog...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On 3 September 2015 at 09:45, Donald Stufft wrote:> > On September 1, 2015 at 9:57:50 AM, Daniel Holth (dho...@gmail.com) wrote:> >> Looks amazing, why don't we merge it.> >>> >> > I think we need to update the PEP or write a new PEP before we add new tags to the implementation.  >  > Right, we're mainly talking about replacing/updating the compatibility> tags in PEP 425. The most expedient way to formalise consensus on that> would be to just write a replacement PEP and have it take precedence> over 425 even for current generation wheel files.>  > More generally, this an area where I don't think the PEP process is> actually working well for us - I think we'd be better off separating> the "produced artifact" (i.e. versioned interoperability> specifications) from the change management process for those> specifications (i.e. the PEP process). That's the way CPython works,> after all - the released artifacts are the reference interpreter, the> language reference, and the standard library reference, while the PEP> process is a way of negotiating major changes to those. PyPI is> similar - pypi.python.org and its APIs are the released artifact, the> PEPs negotiate changes.>  > It's only the interoperability specs where we currently follow the RFC> model of having the same document describe both the end result *and*> the rationale for changes from the previous version, and I mostly find> it to be a pain.>  
I'm not sure that I follow what you’re saying here, can you describe what your
ideal situation would look like?

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Donald Stufft
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