Is it possible to pip install this package without compiling C-extension?

[rogalski]

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[gpshead]

I'll be providing a binary wheel for macOS users when I push the next release.

But on Linux, no, the only binary option for Linux possible pip and PyPI (manylinux1 and the coming manylinux2) require building against a platform which does not have modern enough APIs for the extension module to be reliable - defeating half the purpose of the module. Compilation will still be required there.

See issue #14

[guettli]

I don't understand this. If you are not able to do build a wheel, then I think I am not able to build a wheel, too.

I did python setup.py bdist_wheel and uploaded this to our local pypi server.

Thinks seem to work this way.

[gpshead]

You always can build a wheel. But you can't make one for subprocess32 that will work on all Linux machines in the world and use appropriate modern system call APIs to guarantee it is reliable.

That bdist_wheel that you did built a wheel that will work on Linux systems compatible with the one you built it on. If that's what you need, great for you.

But I can't do that for the global PyPI using manylinux1 or manylinux2 build processes as it would cause everyone to install a less functional module by default. Building from source on a system equivalent to what you'll be deploying it on (as you did) is always better.

[guettli]

Thank you for your feedback. I hope I can switch to Python3 in the next year :-)