Wheel TODOs

[qwcode]

• raise error with setuptools (not distribute)
• priority logic to prefer a wheel for your platform over one with no platform specified
• pip wheel --keep-existing (or --force in reverse); i.e. some way to not redo wheel building. if you don't want. (pip wheel should not build if the wheel already exists #855)
• pip.pep425 refactor to distlib (not critical now)
• remove markerlib installs from wheel tests
• tests needed
  • use-wheel in requirements files
  • "pip wheel --use-wheel" finding subreqs from a wheel
  • no-deps with wheel installs

[mjtamlyn]

Can I add to this list working out what happens when interacting with setuptools' extras_require - when building the wheel it doesn't include them, but when extracting the wheel it tries to install them (raven-python being my example here).

PS: It's entirely possible I'm doing it wrong.

[dholth]

I thought extras worked fine with bdist_wheel, what Python are you using, and is your distribute (the fork, not vanilla setuptools) up to date? Unzip the wheel (wheel unpack wheelfile.whl) and check the METADATA file in the .dist-info directory for Requires-Dist lines.

It might also be a little tricky to get pip to install from the raven wheel, and also install all the dependencies from elsewhere.

[qwcode]

wheel branch merged in #845
leaving this issue open to handle outstanding details.

[qwcode]

closing. supplanted by #859