Upload wheel to PyPI

[hugovk]

Please could you also upload a wheel to PyPI?

For example, to generate:

python3 -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
python3 setup.py sdist --format=gztar bdist_wheel

https://pythonwheels.com/ says advantages include:

1. Faster installation for pure Python and native C extension packages.
2. Avoids arbitrary code execution for installation. (Avoids setup.py)
3. Installation of a C extension does not require a compiler on Linux, Windows or macOS.
4. Allows better caching for testing and continuous integration.
5. Creates .pyc files as part of installation to ensure they match the Python interpreter used.
6. More consistent installs across platforms and machines.

The wheel (11K) is also smaller to download than sdist (25K).

These advantages also help other packages which include pyperclip as a dependency.

Thank you!

[jaraco]

The modern, recommended way to upload wheels is to use build and twine:

build
twine upload dist/*

[jaraco]

If this project wishes to adopt jaraco/skeleton (or concepts from it), tagged commits would be automatically released with wheels after passing tests.