davisking/dlib

[Feature Request] Provide python wheels

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#1,527 opened on Oct 24, 2018

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Description

It would be great if wheels were provided for the Python package, at least the ones for linux (https://github.com/pypa/manylinux), as compilation of the package takes quite a while.

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Research how to build dlib Python wheels for multiple Linux architectures using the manylinux project, and propose a CI workflow (e.g., GitHub Actions) to generate and upload them to PyPI.
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python
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release
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3
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1-2 days
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Clear
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65