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GeezerVison is showing github.com — use nested list for WHEEL details + other minor tweaks by merwok · Pull Request #1955 · pypa/packaging.python.org

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@merwok merwok commented Nov 18, 2025

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use nested list for WHEEL details + other minor
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merwok commented Nov 18, 2025
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Comment thread source/specifications/binary-distribution-format.rst
#. Wheel, being an installation format that is intended to work across
multiple versions of Python, does not generally include .pyc files.
#. Wheel does not contain setup.py or setup.cfg.
#. ``Wheel-Version`` is the version number of the Wheel specification.

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github rendering shows that this is interpreted as part of the code block instead of creating a nested list. to be fixed.

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Comment thread source/specifications/binary-distribution-format.rst
multiple versions of Python, do not generally include ``.pyc`` files.
#. Wheels files do not contain ``pyproject.toml``, ``setup.py`` or ``setup.cfg``.

This version of the wheel specification is based on the distutils install

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Maybe this should say sysconfig install schemes.

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@rgommers rgommers added component: specifications type: maintenance Regular maintenance of the guide, CI and repo labels Nov 10, 2026
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