<story><title>Python on Wheels</title><url>http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2014/1/27/python-on-wheels/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>shadowmint</author><text>Wow, great article. I&amp;#x27;ve heard of wheels for months, but I&amp;#x27;ve never really understood why I should remotely care about them before (it always seemed to me they solved a problem that didn&amp;#x27;t exist; namely, binary distributions for pure python packages, since you can&amp;#x27;t support c-plugin packages cleanly with wheel anyhow...).&lt;p&gt;Turns out the answer is:&lt;p&gt;1) Yes, you can kind of support packages with c-plugins, if you&amp;#x27;re specific and careful.&lt;p&gt;2) They make server deployments significantly faster.&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s actually pretty neat.&lt;p&gt;...but damn, they still look like a massive pain to work with.</text></comment>
<story><title>Python on Wheels</title><url>http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2014/1/27/python-on-wheels/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>girvo</author><text>For a language that prides itself on simplicity, this seems really painful...</text></comment>