No, the other way- Python doesn't exactly compile into binaries, but there was misunderstanding about what you just said among people on the project. (e.g. source is important part of release).
On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 2:31 PM Justin Mclean <jmcl...@apache.org> wrote: > HI, > > > I think in large part the reason for no release for the first at least 18 > > months was confusion about how to do a binary release on Python code. > > Apache projects release source code not binaries, so I'm not sure why this > is a big concern. They may optionally provide a convenience binary but > that's not an official release. Would it be easier to make a source only > release first? > > Thanks, > Justin >