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Document how to bundle executables in wheels

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by locating the project documentation for building or packaging Python wheels, then review how Meson-built executables are currently handled. Document a Meson executable example, explain where it appears inside the wheel, and note the limitation concerning internal dependencies.

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Description

documentation
  • Give an example of how to build an executable in Meson
  • Show where the executable gets mapped to inside a wheel
  • Mention the limitation regarding internal dependencies
Dominant language
Python
Stars
180
Forks
93
Avg merge
20h 58m
Merged PRs (30d)
22

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