Distributing binaries built against musl is counter-intuitive to me. When I run them on my machine, they're dynamically linked to glibc!
The main advantage AIUI is that you don't depend on new glibc features, so you get a more portable executable.
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There's definitely something about shipping a binary that feels more like 'real' software. I find it's easier to ship a website but there's much more historical precedent in delivering an executable.
Linux 5.18 may drop support for the a.out executable format!
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Remove-a.out
Standardising Python build information and tooling configuration with pyproject.toml.
It's great to see Python moving away from executable package descriptions which had bootstrap issues!
https://snarky.ca/what-the-heck-is-pyproject-toml/