Wheels is something you use when packaging your module for upload. You will automatically use a wheel package if the module you are downloading was uploaded using wheels and your pc config is compatible with the wheel package.
What wheels does is it pre builds the module for a given system (doesn’t need to be a very specific system) so that you don’t have to do it locally when installing (if you got a compatible config).
It’s not something users have to think about, for them wheel package == smaller and faster install. Pip will by default prioritise wheel package over source.
And the reason is because you don’t need to (automatically, given) download the tools to compile the package - wheels are precompiled packages for your system.
So if I’m using pip with PyPI, am I already getting the benefits of wheels? Or is there something I’m missing.
Sorry for the stupid question, I’m just not sure what the impacts of wheels are.
Wheels is something you use when packaging your module for upload. You will automatically use a wheel package if the module you are downloading was uploaded using wheels and your pc config is compatible with the wheel package.
What wheels does is it pre builds the module for a given system (doesn’t need to be a very specific system) so that you don’t have to do it locally when installing (if you got a compatible config).
It’s not something users have to think about, for them wheel package == smaller and faster install. Pip will by default prioritise wheel package over source.
Oh okay awesome! So I’m probably already benefitting from this. Thanks for the explanation!
Yes, I believe wheels will generally be preferred by
pip.Awesome, well then I’m glad to hear that so many people are uploading wheels!
I’m a noob and I don’t really understand what the impacts will be. Maybe it’ll increase speeds? I think that’s what it was getting at
The installed packages themselves won’t be faster, but they will install faster, sometimes much faster.
And the reason is because you don’t need to (automatically, given) download the tools to compile the package - wheels are precompiled packages for your system.