On Dec 5, 2013, at 1:40 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm not sure how this would work - wheels don't seem to me to be > appropriate for installing "external dependencies", but as I'm not > 100% clear on what you mean by that term
One of the key features of conda is that it is not specifically tied to python--it can manage any binary package for a system: this is a key reason for it's existance -- continuum wants to support it's users with one way to install all they stuff they need to do their work with one cross-platform solution. This includes not just libraries that python extensions require, but also non-python stuff like Fortran compilers, other languages (like R), or who knows what? As wheels and conda packages are both just archives, there's no reason wheel couldn't grow that capability -- but I'm not at all sure we want it to. -Chris _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
