Subj : [$] Reinventing the Python wheel
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From : LWN.net
Date : Wed Jul 09 2025 15:15:07

[$] Reinventing the Python wheel

Date:
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:05:59 +0000

Description:
It is no secret that the Python packaging world is at something of a
crossroads; there have been debates and discussions about the packaging
landscape that started long before our 2023
series describing some of the difficulties.  There has been progress
since thenand incremental improvements all along, in truthbut a new
initiative is looking to overhaul packaging for the language.  At PyCon US 
2025 , Barry Warsaw and
Jonathan Dekhtiar gave a presentation on the WheelNext project , which is a 
community
effort that aims improve the experience for users and providers of Python
packages while also working with toolmakers and other parts of the
ecosystem to " reinvent the wheel ".  While the project's name refers
to Python's wheel binary distribution format, its goals stretch much further 
than simply the
format.

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1028299/


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