We recently rolled out support for PEP-658 - including metadata files in our package index, making piwheels more efficient and effective for Raspberry Pi users.
Here's a blog post about how we implemented it and cautiously rolled it out:
PEP-658 metadata rollout
Wheel files include a metadata file containing information about the package: its dependencies, Python version requirements, and compatibility tags (such as ABI and platform). pip uses this metadata to determine whether a wheel is suitable for the system it's being installed on. PEP-658 allows...
