anybin2wheel

Package any executable to be distributed as a wheel.

As long as a license permits that, we may want to redistribute some executables as Python wheels (e. g. from your private Python package index server).

Usage

Given a ./something binary, its version 1.0.0, to package it as something-binary==1.0.0+yourcompanyname.1 for macosx_12_0_arm64:

anybin2wheel ./something something-binary 1.0.0+yourcompanyname.1 --plat-name macosx_12_0_arm64

More metadata can be added:

anybin2wheel ./something something-binary 1.0.0+yourcompanyname.1 --plat-name macosx_12_0_arm64 \
    --description-file DESCRIPTION.md \
    --home-page="https://vcs.yourcompanyname.local/.../something-binary" \
    --maintainer="Your Name" \
    --maintainer-email="your.email@yourcompanyname.local"

The choice of --plat–name is completely up to the user, as the executable may be compatible with arbitrary set of platforms, specific to each individual case. For example, some binaries may work for any linux_x86_64, so this platform may be chosen instead of too fine-grained options like manylinux* or musllinux*.