@@ -9,16 +9,25 @@ Platform compatibility tags allow build tools to mark distributions as being
99compatible with specific platforms, and allows installers to understand which
1010distributions are compatible with the system they are running on.
1111
12- General platform tags
13- =====================
14-
1512The platform compatibility tagging model used for the ``wheel `` distribution
1613format is defined in :pep: `425 `.
1714
18- .. _manylinux :
15+ Platform tags for Windows
16+ -------------------------
17+
18+ The scheme defined in :pep: `425 ` covers public distribution of wheel files to
19+ systems running Windows.
20+
21+ Platform tags for macOS (Mac OS X)
22+ ----------------------------------
23+
24+ The scheme defined in :pep: `425 ` covers public distribution of wheel files to
25+ systems running macOS (previously known as Mac OS X).
1926
20- Platform tags for Linux platforms
21- =================================
27+ Platform tags for common Linux distributions
28+ --------------------------------------------
29+
30+ .. _manylinux :
2231
2332The scheme defined in :pep: `425 ` is insufficient for public distribution of
2433wheel files (and \* nix wheel files in general) to Linux platforms, due to the
@@ -71,6 +80,15 @@ pip ``>=8.1.0`` ``>=19.0`` ``>=19.3`` [#]_
7180auditwheel ``>=1.0.0 `` ``>=2.0.0 `` ``>=3.0.0 `` [# ]_
7281========== ============== ================= =================
7382
83+ Platform tags for other \* nix platforms
84+ ---------------------------------------
85+
86+ The scheme defined in :pep: `425 ` is not generally sufficient for public
87+ distribution of wheel files to other \* nix platforms. Efforts are currently
88+ (albeit intermittently) under way to define improved compatibility tagging
89+ schemes for AIX and for Alpine Linux.
90+
91+
7492.. [# ] https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product
7593 .. [# ] Not yet released.
7694 .. [# ] Not yet released.
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