Make wheels available on PyPI
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Description
It seems that this package is a prerequisite for testing dymos (https://github.com/OpenMDAO/dymos/issues/471). Thus, it would be great if pyoptsparse was available on PyPI as well.
The installations instructions for pyoptsparse (pip install .) did not work out of the box for me, apparently due to compilation problems of the Fortran code:
For packages with compiled code, I would strongly recommend uploading precompiled wheels to PyPI to make installation easy on systems that don't have the necessary compilers installed (Windows especially). I've had good experiences with using https://github.com/joerick/cibuildwheel running on Github actions to generate the wheels.
Releasing a conda-package on conda-forge may also be something to look into (but personally, I think wheels have a higher priority)
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the installation instructions, running pip install ., and examining the linked error.log to understand the Fortran compilation failure. Then assess the package’s packaging and CI configuration against the proposed cibuildwheel approach. Done means installable precompiled wheels are published on PyPI, with the supported platforms and build process documented.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- fortran, github-actions, python
- Domain
- build-system, ci-cd, release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100