ENH: cibuildwheel and binary wheels on PyPI #159
Description
Requested feature
I've had some luck in using cibuildwheel now with a minimal configuration and uploaded the produced wheels at https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/tag/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2
- I do not know if they genuinely work on various systems so they need some testing
- Stuart also tried this a while back in Attempt to build wheels with cibuildwheel #128 so there might be some more informed ideas in there
# Python 3.10
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_15_0_arm64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_15_0_x86_64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl
# Python 3.11
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp311-cp311-macosx_15_0_arm64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp311-cp311-macosx_15_0_x86_64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl
# Python 3.12
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp312-cp312-macosx_15_0_arm64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp312-cp312-macosx_15_0_x86_64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl
# Python 3.13
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp313-cp313-macosx_15_0_arm64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp313-cp313-macosx_15_0_x86_64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl
# Python 3.14
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp314-cp314-macosx_15_0_arm64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp314-cp314-macosx_15_0_x86_64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp314-cp314-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl
pip install https://github.com/smithara/apexpy/releases/download/v-2.1.0-binaries-v2/apexpy-2.1.0-cp314-cp314-win_amd64.whl
If these do indeed work then someone cleverer than me should judge if the build will remain reliable enough. Then the recipe can be adapted as part of the release pipeline to PyPI.
The problem or gap this feature will address
Easier and quicker install for most use cases. Many related bug reports, e.g. #158 etc. Quite critical for using apexpy as a dependency in other projects because of speed and reliability of usage in CI.
Additional context
Related to #122