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= Python Wheels in fedora =
= Python Wheels in fedora =


Starting with Fedora 22, Python packages will have the option to install itself into buildroot via Python wheels.<ref>http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0427/</ref> Wheels are the new binary distribution format for python modules, note that as such they are not suitable for use as Source archive. The text below describes the minimal specfile changes needed, if wheel installation is desired.
Starting with Fedora 22, Python packages will have the option to install itself into buildroot via Python wheels.<ref>http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0427/</ref> Wheels are the new binary distribution format for python modules, note that as such they are not suitable for use as Source archive.
 
Unless you have a good reason to use this method of installation, please use the one specified in [[Packaging:Python]]. Currently, installing with wheels uses a fedora-specific pip options and upstream may choose to eventually implement them in a different way.
 
The text below describes the minimal specfile changes needed, if wheel installation is desired.


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Revision as of 10:22, 23 October 2014

Python Wheels in fedora

Starting with Fedora 22, Python packages will have the option to install itself into buildroot via Python wheels.[1] Wheels are the new binary distribution format for python modules, note that as such they are not suitable for use as Source archive.

Unless you have a good reason to use this method of installation, please use the one specified in Packaging:Python. Currently, installing with wheels uses a fedora-specific pip options and upstream may choose to eventually implement them in a different way.

The text below describes the minimal specfile changes needed, if wheel installation is desired.

BuildRequires

The package has to BuildRequire python-pip and python-wheel:

BuildRequires: python-pip
BuildRequires: python-wheel

%if %{?with_python3}
BuildRequires: python3-pip
BuildRequires: python3-wheel
%endif

Build section

The package has to use the bdist_wheel command, instead of install, this creates a wheel in the dist directory. A minimal build section thus becomes:

%{__python2} setup.py bdist_wheel

%if 0%{?with_python3}
pushd %{py3dir}
%{__python3} setup.py bdist_wheel
popd
%endif

Install section

Packages has to use pip to install the newly created wheel. A minimal install section thus becomes:

%if 0%{?with_python3}
pushd %{py3dir}
pip3 install -I dist/%{python3_wheelname} --root %{buildroot} --strip-file-prefix
popd
%endif

pip2 install -I dist/%{python2_wheelname} --root %{buildroot} --strip-file-prefix

The --strip-file-prefix option is currently downstream only modification that strips given prefix from files in wheel RECORD.[2]

Files section

You may also need to add the following entries to the files section:

%{python2_sitelib}/%{name}-%{version}.dist-info/

%{python3_sitelib}/%{name}-%{version}.dist-info/