pypa / pypa/packaging.python.org
What happens if both .whl and .tar.gz are indist folder?
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Description
If there are two compressed files in dist folder, one is .whl extension and the other has .tar.gz extension i.e. both built and source distribution are created. Now if I install the package on mac os, which one will be installed and why?
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Start by locating the packaging documentation covering installation from a dist folder containing both .whl and .tar.gz files on macOS. Confirm which distribution is selected and the reason, then document that behavior and verify the explanation against the relevant installer documentation.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
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- 1-3 hours
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- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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- 35/100