The autoupdater did not always prefer binary installations.

Author: karel26

docs/_plugins/auto_nav.rb

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # structure and uses the file title (first H1) or the filename as fallback.
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------
 module AutoNav
+  Jekyll.logger.info "AutoNav", "Plugin file is being loaded"
   class Generator < Jekyll::Generator
     safe true
     priority :low

install.cmd

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if not exist "%VENV%" (
     python -m pip install --upgrade pip
     python -m venv "%VENV%"
     "%VENV%\Scripts\python.exe" -m pip install --upgrade pip
-    "%VENV%\Scripts\python.exe" -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+    "%VENV%\Scripts\python.exe" -m pip install --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary -r requirements.txt
 )
 "%VENV%\Scripts\python" install.py %*
 echo Please press any key to continue...

requirements.txt

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ seaborn==0.13.2
 sqlparse==0.5.3
 
 # TimetoneFinder: Find the right timezones for a given coordinate
-timezonefinder==8.0.0
+timezonefinder==6.5.9
 
 # tomli: Python TOML parser
 tomli==2.2.1

update.cmd

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if not exist "%VENV%" (
     python -m pip install --upgrade pip
     python -m venv "%VENV%"
     "%VENV%\Scripts\python.exe" -m pip install --upgrade pip
-    "%VENV%\Scripts\python.exe" -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+    "%VENV%\Scripts\python.exe" -m pip install --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary -r requirements.txt
 ) else (
     "%VENV%\Scripts\python.exe" -m pip install --upgrade pip
 )

update.py

@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
 
 
 def install_requirements() -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
-    return subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '-r', 'requirements.txt'])
+    return subprocess.run([
+        sys.executable,
+        '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--no-cache-dir', '--prefer-binary', '-r', 'requirements.txt'
+    ])
 
 
 def do_update_git() -> int: