Assertion: wheel | /r/HasProperty | designed as a distribution format
Facets:
value: firstly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Firstly, wheel is designed primarily as a distribution format, so skipping the installation step also means deliberately avoiding any reliance on features that assume full installation (such as being able to use standard tools like pip and virtualenv to capture and manage dependencies in a way that can be properly tracked for auditing and security update purposes, or integrating fully with the standard build machinery for C extensions by publishing header files in the appropriate place).