Why build wheels for pure Python projects?

[jeanas (Jean Abou Samra)]

@kknechtel

I don’t understand. What are these reasons to release a wheel at all, let alone preferentially, for a pure Python project? If my project is pure Python, and I’ve tested and verified that I can install it in local virtual machines with various Python versions from an sdist, then why would I need, or benefit from, a wheel?

You may want to read the thread Sdists for pure-Python projects