bug#49083: closed (‘guix import pypi’ fails in the absence of “sdist” releases)

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> ‘guix import pypi’ fails in the absence of “sdist” releases
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> Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:33:13 +0200
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> Hi,
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> For some packages we get this:
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ guix import pypi jaxlib
> guix import: error: no source release for pypi package jaxlib 0.1.67
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> and indeed, there’s no “sdist” (source distribution), only
> “bdist_wheel” (.whl files).
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> Nevertheless, should the importer do something smarter here?  The
> metadata at <https://pypi.org/pypi/jaxlib/json> doesn’t contain info
> about the source repository (though it contains the home page at
> github.com).  Would it make sense to build from a .whl file or does this
> necessarily include generated code and other byproducts?
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> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
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> Hi!
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> So for now I “fixed” it by displaying a hint in commit
> 00762a4c4c8ecdd71cccf6afdd87ae68bf9b4964.
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ ./pre-inst-env guix import pypi jaxlib
> guix import: error: no source release for pypi package jaxlib 0.1.76
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> hint: This indicates that the package is available on PyPI, but only as a 
> "wheel" containing
> binaries, not source.  To build it from source, refer to the upstream 
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> `https://github.com/google/jax'.
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> Ludo’.
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