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loxdalen on Aug 3, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: 99% of top Python packages are now wheels

And here is the reasoning for naming it wheel: https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/3c7b6a0d13ee036ea8f6488ab....

Probably a reference to Monty Python as well (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_Shop_sketch)

jasomill on Aug 3, 2023 [–]

Definitely — the Python Package Index started off as the Python Cheese Shop:

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/05/08/01/0150222/pythons-che...

https://web.archive.org/web/20051027102030/http://cheeseshop...

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