Hi, On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > This is actually for both of numpy and scipy. > > I would like to rename the current OSX wheels on pypi so that they > will be installed by default on system python, homebrew, macports, as > well as Python.org Python. > > At the moment, they will only be found and installed by default by > Python.org Python. > > For reasons explained here: > > https://github.com/MacPython/wiki/wiki/Spinning-wheels > > and confirmed with testing here: > > https://travis-ci.org/matthew-brett/scipy-stack-osx-testing/builds/25131865 > > - OSX wheels built for Python.org python do in fact work correctly for > the homebrew, macports and system python. > > In fact, future versions of pip will very likely offer the Python.org > OSX wheels for installation on these other systems by default: > > https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/1465 > > Renaming the wheels just adds the 'platform tag' for these other > versions of Python to the wheel name, so pip sees they are compatible. > > For example, I propose to rename the current numpy wheel from: > > numpy-1.8.1-cp27-none-macosx_10_6_intel.whl > > to: > > numpy-1.8.1-cp27-none-macosx_10_6_intel.macosx_10_9_intel.macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl > > I think this is only an improvement to the current situation, in that > users of pip on these other OSX systems will get a fast binary install > rather than a slow compiled install. > > Any comments?
OK - I propose to go ahead with this on Monday unless there are any objections. Here's the latest test grid showing tests passing on Python.org / system python / homebrew / macports using numpy / scipy / matplotlib wheels with the proposed naming scheme: https://travis-ci.org/matthew-brett/scipy-stack-osx-testing/builds/26482436 Cheers, Matthew _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
