Clarify if py_wheel only supports pure Python wheels

[tholenst]

According to

rules_python/python/packaging.bzl

Line 102 in a4b946b

Currently only pure-python wheels are supported.

, py_wheel only supports pure python wheels.

However, looking around it seems to me that this comment is outdated, so I thought I'd ask if this is still up to date.

Thank you!

[rickeylev]

Yeah, that comment is a bit outdated/misleading.

By "pure python" it more means that there isn't any special support for e.g. putting a cc_library in it and having something magic happen that gives you an e.g. manylinux compatible output with the appropriate ABI tags in the wheel name.

A C++ shared library or CPython C extension shared library can still be packaged by it, it just has to be treated as an opaque data dependency. It's on the user to add a target that creates the desired output.

[aignas]

The https://github.com/jvolkman/repairwheel can then be used to ensure that the wheel works correctly.