I wrote a python package that I want to publish. I created a setup.py file for it and managed to create a wheel file by running python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel.

My question is whether the python interpreter that I run the command with affects the created wheel and its compatibilities somehow, for example:

1. Does it matter which packages are installed on the interpreter? For example if the interpreter has different packages installed than specified in the install_requires parameters in the setup.py file.
2. Can the operating system affect the wheel compatibility? For example if I run the command on a windows machine will I be able to install it seamlessly on a linux machine?

My current understanding is that both of these things shouldn’t matter but I’m afraid something unexpected might break.

thanks.