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Added note adivising against depending on the -wheels package

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@ -132,15 +132,24 @@ Binary install from PyPI
`!psycopg2` is also `available on PyPI`__ in the form of wheel_ packages for
the most common platform (Linux, OSX, Windows): this should make you able to
install a binary version of the module, not requiring the above build or
runtime prerequisites, simply using:
runtime prerequisites.
.. note::
The ``-binary`` package is meant for beginners to start playing with
Python and PostgreSQL without the need to meet the build requirements.
If you are the maintainer of a publish package depending on `!psycopg2`
you shouldn't use ``psycopg2-binary`` as a module dependency. For
production use you are advised to use the source distribution.
Make sure to use an up-to-date version of :program:`pip` (you can upgrade it
using something like ``pip install -U pip``), then you can run:
.. code-block:: console
$ pip install psycopg2-binary
Make sure to use an up-to-date version of :program:`pip` (you can upgrade it
using something like ``pip install -U pip``)
.. __: PyPI-binary_
.. _PyPI-binary: https://pypi.org/project/psycopg2-binary/
.. _wheel: http://pythonwheels.com/