The site highlights "secure digital signing" as a feature of wheels. Wheel signing is not a mandatory part of the wheel spec, and not everyone is convinced that a wheel-specific signing mechanism is of any benefit - for example, see this post. OTOH, signing using GPG is available for any file, and has been for a long time - it's not confined to wheels. Common to both signing approaches is the lack of web-of-trust, but that's a separate issue altogether.
So, I think this mention of signing in a wheel-specific context muddies the waters, and is best removed. Instead, you are better off mentioning another benefit of wheels: no compiler is required for installation (mainly a benefit on Windows, I know).
LilyFoote
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10 years ago
The site highlights "secure digital signing" as a feature of wheels. Wheel signing is not a mandatory part of the wheel spec, and not everyone is convinced that a wheel-specific signing mechanism is of any benefit - for example, see this post. OTOH, signing using GPG is available for any file, and has been for a long time - it's not confined to wheels. Common to both signing approaches is the lack of web-of-trust, but that's a separate issue altogether.
So, I think this mention of signing in a wheel-specific context muddies the waters, and is best removed. Instead, you are better off mentioning another benefit of wheels: no compiler is required for installation (mainly a benefit on Windows, I know).