Commit 704bac1d authored by Stefan Behnel's avatar Stefan Behnel

make it clearer that wheels are even better than faster source builds

parent d628f780
...@@ -42,18 +42,19 @@ directory, and then run:: ...@@ -42,18 +42,19 @@ directory, and then run::
If you have Python setuptools set up on your system, you should be If you have Python setuptools set up on your system, you should be
able to fetch Cython from PyPI and install it using:: able to fetch Cython from PyPI and install it using::
easy_install cython easy_install Cython
or or
:: ::
pip install cython pip install Cython
For Windows there is also a wheel package available for download. For Windows there is also a wheel package available for download.
For one-time builds, e.g. on CI and test servers, it is substantially For one-time builds, e.g. for CI/testing, on platforms that are not covered
faster to install an uncompiled (slower) version of Cython with by one of the wheel packages provided on PyPI, it is substantially faster
than a full source build to install an uncompiled (slower) version of Cython with
:: ::
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...@@ -296,8 +296,9 @@ setup( ...@@ -296,8 +296,9 @@ setup(
C/C++ libraries, and for fast C modules that speed up the execution of C/C++ libraries, and for fast C modules that speed up the execution of
Python code. Python code.
Note that for CI and test builds that use Cython for one-time compilation, Note that for one-time builds, e.g. for CI/testing, on platforms that are not
you can speed up the Cython installation with:: covered by one of the wheel packages provided on PyPI, it is substantially faster
than a full source build to install an uncompiled (slower) version of Cython with::
pip install Cython --install-option="--no-cython-compile" pip install Cython --install-option="--no-cython-compile"
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