Merge pull request #253 from ThomasWaldmann/remove-wheels

remove docs about binary wheels, closes #147

docs/development.rst

@@ -119,23 +119,9 @@ Checklist::
   - Twitter
   - IRC channel (topic)
 
-- create binary wheels and link them from issue tracker: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/147
 - create standalone binaries and link them from issue tracker: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/214
 
 
-Creating binary wheels
-----------------------
-
-With virtual env activated::
-
-    pip install -U wheel
-    python setup.py bdist_wheel
-    ls -l dist/*.whl
-
-Note: Binary wheels are rather specific for the platform they get built on.
-      E.g. a wheel built for Ubuntu 14.04 64bit likely will not work on Centos7 64bit.
-
-
 Creating standalone binaries
 ----------------------------
 

docs/installation.rst

@@ -29,11 +29,8 @@ Below, we describe different ways to install |project_name|.
   binary package (for your Linux/*BSD/OS X/... distribution).
 - **pyinstaller binary** - easy and fast, we provide a ready-to-use binary file
   that just works on the supported platforms
-- **wheel** - easy and fast, needs a platform specific borgbackup binary wheel,
-  which matches your platform [OS and CPU]).
 - **pypi** - installing a source package from pypi needs more installation steps
-  and will compile stuff - try this if there is no binary wheel that works for
-  you.
+  and will need a compiler, development headers, etc..
 - **git** - for developers and power users who want to have the latest code or
   use revision control (each release is tagged).
 
@@ -91,35 +88,6 @@ It is supposed to work without requiring installation or preparations.
 Check https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/214 for available binaries.
 
 
-Debian Jessie / Ubuntu 14.04 preparations (wheel)
--------------------------------------------------
-
-.. parsed-literal::
-
-    # Python stuff we need
-    apt-get install python3 python3-pip
-
-    # Libraries we need (fuse is optional)
-    apt-get install openssl libacl1 liblz4-1 fuse
-
-
-Installation (wheel)
---------------------
-
-This uses the latest binary wheel release.
-
-.. parsed-literal::
-
-    # Check https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/147 for the correct
-    # platform-specific binary wheel, download and install it:
-
-    # system-wide installation, needs sudo/root permissions:
-    sudo pip install borgbackup.whl
-
-    # home directory installation, no sudo/root needed:
-    pip install --user borgbackup.whl
-
-
 Debian Jessie / Ubuntu 14.04 preparations (git/pypi)
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