On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It depends. If you're using numpy from pure Python code the difference > between mkl and otherblas is probably irrelevant. So in most cases > you'd want to be able to depend just on "numpy" but in some cases > you'd need to be more specific. Perhaps you could solve that with > "provides"... > > Really though it's probably best to keep the set of binaries on PyPI > internally consistent and not try to represent everything. My point > earlier was that regardless of what goes on PyPI as the official numpy > wheel there will be many people using the numpy code in other ways. If > pip is not the only consumer of a source release then it's not really > reasonable to dictate (and redesign in a less human-friendly way) its > layout purely for pip's benefit. > Yes indeed. But then shouldn't we talk about proper dependency resolution, compatible releases, meta packages and stuff like that? Unless I completely misunderstood the discussion here (quite probable :-) then this whole multiple source distributions idea is more like a workaround. Thanks, -- Ionel Cristian Mărieș, http://blog.ionelmc.ro
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