update readme for wppm package switch

stonebig · stonebig · commit 511c6dd9bb31 · 2025-07-06T20:50:45.000+02:00
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Copyright @ 2012-2013 Pierre Raybaut
 Copyright @ 2014-2025+ The Winpython development team https://github.com/winpython/
 
 Licensed under the terms of the MIT License
-(see winpython/__init__.py for details)
+(see wppm/__init__.py for details)
 
 
 Overview
@@ -15,17 +15,22 @@ Overview
 WinPython is a portable distribution of the Python programming 
 language for Windows (https://winpython.github.io).
 		
-This is the `winpython` Python package, not the distribution itself.
+This is the `wppm` Python package and build toolchain repository, not the distribution itself.
 It includes two main features:
 
 WinPython Package Manager (WPPM)
   a complementary tool to navigate provided packages, install packages from included Wheelhouse, or register WinPython. 
-  pip is the recommanded way to add or remove packages
+  pip is the recommanded way to add or remove packages otherwise
 			
 WinPython build toolchain
-  make.py is the script used to 
+  generate_a_winpython_distro.bat and make.py are the toolchain used to 
   build a WinPython distribution from (almost) scratch.
 
+WinPython set of Wheel
+  You can get also the equivalent of the WinPython distribution by using one of the provided pylock.toml
+  or by using provided requirements-with-hash.txt until pip does support pylock.toml files
+  
+
 Dependencies
 ------------   
 
@@ -38,20 +43,27 @@ Requirements
 * installer can be 7-Zip or nothing (just .zip-it)
 
 
-Installation
-------------
+Wppm build 
+----------
     
 From the source package (see section 'Building dependencies'), you may 
-install WinPython using the following commands:
+build WPPM using the following commands:
 
 **python -m pip install flit**
 
 **python -m flit build**
 
-**python -m pip install --no-index --trusted-host=None  --find-links=.\dist winpython**
+Winpython Distribution wheels installation
+------------------------------------------
+    
+To only install the wheels assembled per WinPython Distribution, you may
+**python -m pip install --no-deps --require-hashes https://github.com/winpython/winpython/releases/download/16.6.20250620final/requir.64-3_13_5_0slim.txt  
+
+A pylock file is also available, when you package manager can handle it
+**https://github.com/winpython/winpython/releases/download/16.6.20250620final/pylock.64-3_13_5_0slim.toml
 
 But the easiest way to install the last stable release of WinPython is 
-by using an executable installer: https://winpython.github.io/
+by using a zipped distribution with or without auto-extractor: https://winpython.github.io/
             
 More informations
 -----------------
@@ -60,4 +72,4 @@ More informations
 
 * Development, bug reports, discussions and feature requests: https://github.com/winpython/winpython
 
-* Discussions: https://groups.google.com/group/winpython
+* Discussions: https://github.com/winpython/winpython/discussions
